The Galena Bay Mining Co. is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 60.8833, -146.57810
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Galena Bay Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galena Bay Mining Co.
Secondary: American Girl
Secondary: Copper Crown
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Hornet's Nest
Secondary: Lone Hand
Secondary: Minnehaha
Secondary: Minnewaska
Secondary: Sheep Run
Secondary: Spitz
Secondary: Starvation
Secondary: Sunnyside
Secondary: Vesuvius
Secondary: White Hollow
Secondary: Wrangle
Secondary: Yellow Dog
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Copper River Exploration Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: S. O. Simestad
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Prince William Sound Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1903
Owner Name: Hendrie, A. M. And Simestad, C.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978
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
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings consist of: Sunnyside - 487.7 m. elev. - 9.1 m.-long adit; - 518.2 m. elev. - 121.9 m. of drifts and 2 winzes; - 548.6 m. elev. - opencuts; Forget-Me-Not - 563.9 m. elev. - 1 adit and open cut; Yellow Dog - 304.8 m. elev. - 24.4 m.-long adit; Starvation - 289.6 m. elev. - 670.6 m. crosscut; Homestake - 323.1 m. elev. - 9.4 m.-long adit; Wrangle - 390.1 m. elev. - 4.6 m.-long adit; Vesuvius - 518.2 m. elev. - 1 adit; - 554.7 m. elev. - open cuts; Spitz - 390.1 m. elev. - 5.5 m.-long adit; Minnewaska - 609.6 m. elev. - open cut; Copper Crown - 685.8 m. elev. - open cuts; Sheep Run - 755.9 m. elev. - open cut; Americam Girl - 701.0 m. elev. - open cut. M.S. 1017
References
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 66, 69
Reference (Deposit): OF79-973 75 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MR32
Reference (Deposit): OF82-1029 33 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B605 pp. 98-102
Reference (Deposit): B622i p. 133
Reference (Deposit): B642g p. 140
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 40, 52
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 46
Reference (Deposit): B963B pp. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): I453
Reference (Deposit): MF392
Reference (Deposit): B379e p. 93
Reference (Deposit): B442h p. 164
Reference (Deposit): B443 p. 59
Reference (Deposit): B542g pp. 112-114
Reference (Deposit): B284i p. 83
Reference (Deposit): B345i p. 178
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MIRL 27 p. 54
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality C-83)
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-019
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-109
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-110
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