The Awe is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 400 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: 400 Feet (122 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 62.3403, -157.96250
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Awe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Awe
Secondary: Becker
Secondary: Black Bear Mining Company
Secondary: Chicken Creek
Secondary: Chicken Creek Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Becker Estate
Percent: 75.00
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Harry Brink
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1953
Description: 521 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 100 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 138 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 52,205 Yards Processed. 985 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 322 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 160,000 Yards Processed. 2171 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 182 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 1288 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 281 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 5,400 Yards Processed. 314 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 37,037 Yards Processed. 542 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 1197 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 203 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1930
Description: 1343 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 244 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 15,000 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 86 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 7632 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 483 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 6,296 Yards Processed. 123 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 1657 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 180 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1928
Description: 1184 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 1216 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 1935 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 725 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 8,000 Yards Processed. 483 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 11,000 Yards Processed. 1064 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 209 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 44,444 Yards Processed. 1601 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 809 Troy Ounces Silver
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
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 (Production): USGS CRIB A001370, USGS CRIB A001371. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1956: 12,755 OZ AU, 2024 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES).
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 073-006
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 073-008
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 073-016
Reference (Deposit): RI5991
Reference (Deposit): IC8252 pp. 50, 65
Reference (Deposit): BMOF6-69 pp. 6, 9
Reference (Deposit): MF363
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 80
Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 147-148
Reference (Deposit): OF76-576 pp. 8-9
Reference (Deposit): OF82-719 p. 6, No. 122
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 54
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 59
Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 56
Reference (Deposit): B739
Reference (Deposit): B754 pp. 114, 116
Reference (Deposit): B773a pp. 14, 19
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 14
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 21
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 29
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 32
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B864C pp. 213-215
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B649 p. 49
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 26
Reference (Deposit): B622c pp. 56-57
Reference (Deposit): B622n p. 257
Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 66
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 073-069
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B542m pp. 300, 302-303
Reference (Deposit): B578 pp. 31, 33, 35
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 69
Reference (Deposit): B642l pp. 253, 257, 259, 266
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 50
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 43
Reference (Deposit): C255 pp. 1-9
Reference (Deposit): P268 p. 107
Reference (Deposit): IC8131 p. 51
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