Fowler Mining and Leasing Co.

The Fowler Mining and Leasing Co. is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,850 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fowler Mining and Leasing Co.
Secondary: Ready Bullion
Secondary: Quail Creek
Secondary: South Fork Quail Creek
Secondary: Independent
Secondary: Charlotta
Secondary: Josephine
Secondary: Gold Bar
Secondary: Discovery & 8-10 Above & Below

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1958
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 6,480 Yards Processed. 143 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 138 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 49 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 9,000 Yards Processed. 60 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 3,333 Yards Processed. 28 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 22 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 14 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 106 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 63 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 48 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 300 Yards Processed. 19 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 45 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 3,111 Yards Processed. 81 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1907
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1907
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 56 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
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 (Production): USGS CRIB D002622. PRODUCTION ON QUAIL CREEK PRIOR TO 1961: 1,717 OZ AU, 204 OZ AG. PROD. PRIOR TO 1937 ON SOUTH FORK QUAIL CREEK: 222 OZ AU, 11 OZ AG. (SEE USBM-AFOC MINE FILES) PLACER CASSITERITE IS COMMON IN QUAIL CREEK (TDM 1, P. 34). PLACER SAMPLES FROM QUAIL CREEK INCLUDED SOME SCHEELITE, AMALGAMATED AU, AND BARITE AS WELL AS CASSITERITE. (B 844). -D AND TDM I)

References

Reference (Deposit): B712g p. 182

Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 57

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 64

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 64

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 362

Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 221

Reference (Deposit): B535 pp. 29, 35

Reference (Deposit): B525a pp. 146-147

Reference (Deposit): B520p pp. 277, 283

Reference (Deposit): P70 p. 183

Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 167

Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 241

Reference (Deposit): B379b p. 55

Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 65, 95-98

Reference (Deposit): B280 pp. 47-50

Reference (Deposit): B259j pp. 114-115

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-431

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 47

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 44

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B844Da p. 235

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-075

Reference (Deposit): B844D pp. 189-191

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 35

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 93

Reference (Deposit): MF413

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 30

Reference (Deposit): IC8252 p. 55

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 27, 34

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 49

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 53

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