The Snow King is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,347 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,347 Feet (1,325 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.8317, -149.20190
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Snow King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow King
Secondary: J. F. Austin
Secondary: Pioneer Mining Co.
Secondary: Glacier Creek
Secondary: Moonlight 1-3
Secondary: Fjellheim 1-5
Secondary: Reed Creek Millsite 1-6
Secondary: Willow Creek Development Co.
Secondary: Tramway Extension
Secondary: Snowbird
Secondary: G. F. Kalmbach
Secondary: Tramway
Secondary: Snowbird Mining Co.
Secondary: Snowbird 1-20
Secondary: Mike Sherry
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Clayton Rasmussen
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SNOW KING CLAIMS WORKED IN AREA CA. 1919 (KX 85-154). WILLOW CREEK DEV. CO. WORKED IN AREA CA. 1919 (KX 85-158). MIKE SHERRY WORKED IN AREA CA. 1923 (KX 85-157). SEE BACK-UP FILE FOR PRODUCTION RECORDS. CLAIMS STAKED BY RASMUSSEN 1965, 1971. ASSESSMENT WORK 1966- 1977 (KX 85-294). USGS CRIB A000161
References
Reference (Deposit): IR HMF 490806 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): B1004 pp. 1, 32, 73-75
Reference (Deposit): MF409
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-080
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-154
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-157
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-158
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-294
Reference (Deposit): B714i p. 205
Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 43
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