The Silver Fox Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,719 Feet (524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.01, -147.56940
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Silver Fox Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Fox Mine
Secondary: Cottonwood
Secondary: Silvertone
Secondary: Busty Belle
Secondary: Freeman and Scharf
Secondary: Tury Anderson
Secondary: Fred Wackwitz
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: University Of Alaska
Company ID: 5001426
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1984
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Ownership): U. OF ALASKA PURCHASED MINE IN 1977 FOR STUDENT TRAINING. PREVIOUS OWNER TURY ANDERSON & FRED WACKWITZ. U. OF AK. PURCHASED 13 STATE CLAIMS AND 4 FED. UNPAT CLAIMS.
Comment (Production): MSHA MID 5000057 USGS CRIB D002638 ABOUT 60 TONS ORE MINED 1957, 8 TONS 1958 FROM OPEN CUTS. USGS CRIB A001870 USGS CRIB A001788 MSHA ID 5000498
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-020
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-085
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-110
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-113
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-151
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-285
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-435
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 32
Reference (Deposit): B525b p. 198
Reference (Deposit): B542i p. 184
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 218
Reference (Deposit): P625D p. 13
Reference (Deposit): MF413
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA MINER 7712 p. 9
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