The Beatson is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 151 feet.
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Mine Info
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Beatson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beatson
Secondary: Blue Bell
Secondary: Chenega
Secondary: Ladysmith
Secondary: Barrack
Secondary: Beatson-Bonanza
Secondary: Blackbird
Secondary: Girdwood
Secondary: Big Bonanza
Secondary: Bazard
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Julia Fraction
Secondary: Bullion
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Prince William Sound
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1922
Description: 1.88% Cu 274000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1916
Description: 191000 St Ore @ 7.23% & 2.30% Cu. 6872000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1915
Description: Copper Metal 1971000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1914
Description: Copper Metal 5287000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1913
Description: Copper Metal 5179000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1912
Description: Copper Metal 3255000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1911
Description: Copper Metal 3078000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1905
Description: Units Probably Short Tons Ore 800 Unknown
Year: 1923
Description: 1.60% Cu 400000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1921
Description: 1.83% Cu 168000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1920
Description: 1.77% Cu 451000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1919
Description: 1.95% Cu 264000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1918
Description: 2.02% Cu 398000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1917
Description: 2.44% Cu 274000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1928
Description: 1.26% Cu & .264 Toz Au 443000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1927
Description: 1.571% Cu & .307 Toz Au 448000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1926
Description: 1.67% Cu & .325 Toz Au 418000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1925
Description: Production Not Known
Year: 1924
Description: Production Not Known
Year: 1930
Description: 1.12% Cu & .233 Toz Au 445000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1929
Description: 1.28% Cu & .243 Toz Au 453000 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1900
Description: 100 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1899
Description: Trial Shipment Of Ore Only
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1897
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Siderite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1=N/CUM M1 ENTERED AS ONLY ONE COLUMN SINCE BACKUP IS EVALUATORS QUANTITY CALCULATED BY EVALUATORS BEST GUESS QUANTITY BASED ON REMAINING LOW GRADE ORE ASSUMED IN-PLACE
Comment (Economic Factors): MINING METHODS USED IN MINING THE OREBODY ORIGINAL MINE PRIOR 1923...BLUFF OR GLORY HOLE SQUARE SET SMALL SHRINKAGE STOPES EXACT AMOUNT OF UG OPENINGS ARE UNKNOWN-ESTIMATE ONLY GIVEN
Comment (Location): EXACT OWNERSHIP UNCLEAR. ALASKA KARDEX 95-52, MS 970 FORECLOSED IN 1957. ALASKA KARDEX 95-88, BEATSON MINE BY KENNECOTT COPPER CORP MINE CONSIDERED AS 5 LEVELS W/ENTRY BY ADITS & SHAFT POWER INSTALLED AT CLOSING-3EACH 1000KW GENERATORS @ 500HP
Comment (Reference): PRESELY, B., 1928, AIME TRANSACTIONS
Comment (Production): ORE MINED BY CLIFF OPEN PIT. PROPERTY FIRST LOCATED BY ANDREW K. BEATSON MAJOR MINE DEVELOPMENT & SURFACE PLANT IN 1908 PROPERTY PURCHASED BY KENNECOTT COPPER CORP. IN 1910 NEW FLOTATION PLANT INSTALLED IN 1914 & COMPLETED IN 1915 1923 GIRDWOOD MINE PURCHASED & LATOUCHE MNG SYSTEM STARTED 1924-1929 LARGE SCALE MINING BY USING MODIFIED SHRINKAGE
Comment (Names): BEATSON & LADYSMITH ORE BODIES WERE ORIGINAL PROPERTIES LADYSMITH PROPERTY ALSO CALLED BLACKBIRD, GIRDWOOD, BARRACK
References
Reference (Deposit): B739a pp. 10, 23-24
Reference (Deposit): B755a pp. 15, 28, 119
Reference (Deposit): ECON G 2406 pp. 338-368
Reference (Deposit): AIME TRANS 2
Reference (Deposit): B773a pp. 28, 38
Reference (Deposit): B773e pp. 141-158
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 20
Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 27-28
Reference (Deposit): B797a pp. 32, 35
Reference (Deposit): B810a pp. 45-46
Reference (Deposit): B813a pp. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 59
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 61
Reference (Deposit): B844A pp. 60-61
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 57
Reference (Deposit): BMB390 pp. 126-129
Reference (Deposit): BMB405 pp. 25-26, 205-206, 219-220, 269
Reference (Deposit): IC7379 p. 33
Reference (Deposit): B963B pp. 63-65
Reference (Deposit): B989E pp. 228, 262, 266, 281, 298-300, 302
Reference (Deposit): B1024E pp. 110, 118
Reference (Deposit): I273
Reference (Deposit): B1246
Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A
Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 83, No. 160
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 pp. 11, 36
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-85
Reference (Deposit): MF880A
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-17).
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-052
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-088
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-227
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-233
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-274
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SR38 p. 45, No. 80
Reference (Deposit): AR20e pp. 419-420
Reference (Deposit): B284i pp. 82, 85-87
Reference (Deposit): B314b p. 27
Reference (Deposit): B345i p. 178
Reference (Deposit): B379e pp. 88-89
Reference (Deposit): ECON G 0904 pp. 201-213
Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B442h pp. 164-165
Reference (Deposit): B443 pp. 52-54, 56-58, 63-67
Reference (Deposit): B480c pp. 31, 81
Reference (Deposit): B520c pp. 27-28
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 62
Reference (Deposit): B592k pp. 240, 243
Reference (Deposit): B605 pp. 13-14, 60-61
Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B622i pp. 131-133
Reference (Deposit): B642g pp. 138-139
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 41, 52
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 pp. 47-48
Reference (Deposit): B714b pp. 69, 77
Reference (Deposit): B722a pp. 19, 21, 39-40
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 44
Reference (Deposit): B662h p. 184
Reference (Deposit): B662i pp. 201-202, 204-206, 208-209
Reference (Deposit): B692b pp. 18, 31
Reference (Deposit): B692g pp. 144-145
Reference (Deposit): B712a pp. 32-33
Reference (Deposit): B714a pp. 12-14, 21-24
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