The Moth Bay is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 328 feet.
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Mine Info
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Moth Bay MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moth Bay
Secondary: Maiden Bay
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District
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
Owner Name: Robert Emmert Gray
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Galena
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BOM DRILLED 2149 FT. OF DD HOLE TO TRY TO FIND ORE DEPTH. DIESEL GENERATOR REQUIRED FOR ON-SITE ELECTRICAL POWER. ROOF PENDANT OF MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZITE IN GRANITIC ST OCK. ORE BODIES IRREGULAR,TABULAR, CONCORDANT W/FOLIATION OF COUNTRY ROCK. TOTAL NUMBER OF ORE BODIES NOT DETERMINED. FIVE PATENTED LODE CLAIMS GRANTED UNDER M.S.1590. PG-QM ENTRIES TAKEN FROM USGS BUL. 998-C. TOTAL MILL EQUIPMENT COST- $1,890,424. MILL WORKING CAPITAL- $189,042. MINE PROPERTY ACQUISITION: $75,000. MINE DEVELOPMENT: $82,024. MINE EXPLORATION: $30,000. MINE EQUIPMENT COSTS: $497,921. MINE WORKING CAPITAL COST: $49,792. BOX 978 WARD COVE, ALASKA 99928. WORKINGS FOUND OPEN IN 1992. RICHARD BISHOP: OWNER
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): B998C pp. 69-70
Reference (Deposit): B592e pp. 90-91
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 18
Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 15-16
Reference (Deposit): B998C pp. 59-71
Reference (Deposit): C252 p. 6
Reference (Deposit): BMOF12-67
Reference (Deposit): OF81-122
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-71
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 120-048
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