The Ohio Creek Tin is a tin mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,346 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: 3,346 Feet (1,020 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 63.1819, -149.91940
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Ohio Creek Tin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ohio Creek Tin
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1969
Discovery Method: Geochemical Anomaly
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): PROSPECT LOCATION IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF DENALI NATIONAL PARK. BUMINES TESTING YIELDED AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.06% SN AND INFERRED RESOURCE OF 1.25 MILLION LBS OF SN FROM ASSUMED 25 MILLION FT3 MINERALIZED ZONE.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BUMINES OFR 5-89, 1989, 29PP.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 617, 1969, 19PP.
Reference (Deposit): BUMINES OFR 24-78, 1978, 274PP.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 758-A, 1973, 10PP.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 758-B, 1974, 47PP.
Reference (Deposit): BUMINES IC 9037, 1985, 19PP.
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