The Summit is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 446 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: 446 Feet (136 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 64.5764, -165.37500
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Summit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit
Secondary: Caribou Bill
Secondary: Specimen Gulch
Secondary: Bowery
Secondary: Gold Hill
Secondary: Widstead
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1934
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 7,000 Yards Processed. 95 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 50 Yards Processed. 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 400 Yards Processed. 49 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1926
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 (Deposit): SEE KARDEX BACK UP FILES FOR M.S. & PAT. NOS. UNREPORTED PRODUCTION DURING 1993 BY BETTY KRUTCH (SR 48)
References
Reference (Deposit): MF463
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. 27.
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-055
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-064
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-209
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-221
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-225
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-233
Reference (Deposit): B263 p. 209
Reference (Deposit): B284n p. 135
Reference (Deposit): B314i p. 140
Reference (Deposit): B328 p. 209
Reference (Deposit): B442s p. 359
Reference (Deposit): B533 pp. 76-77, 83-84, 94-96, 101-109
Reference (Deposit): B592u p. 389
Reference (Deposit): B622r p. 370
Reference (Deposit): B662q pp. 454-455
Reference (Deposit): B712h pp. 188-189
Reference (Deposit): B722e p. 238
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 60
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 57
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