The Goat is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,692 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: 4,692 Feet (1,430 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 56.0167, -130.41250
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Goat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goat
Secondary: Cub
Secondary: Banded Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hyder District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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: Kenneth C. Eichner And Others
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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): 2 CLAIMS 1969. 28 CLAIMS STAKED 1970. 30 CLAIMS ACTIVE 1977. SULFIDE-BEARING QTZ-CALCITE VEINS HOSTED IN HORNFELSIC GRAYWACKE OF HAZELTON (?) GROUP. ABUNDANT PYRRHOTITE, MINOR VALUABLE METALS, TR CHALCOPYRITE.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 118-083
Reference (Deposit): B1403 pp. 40-41, 70, 72-73, 114-115
Reference (Deposit): OF78-922 p. 34
Reference (Deposit): OF81-122 p. 3, No. 32
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