The Young is a titanium and gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 98 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 98 Feet (30 Meters)
Commodity: Titanium, Gold
Lat, Long: 58.5178, -137.40420
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Young MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Young
Secondary: Sea Foam Nos. 1-5
Secondary: Discovery Nos. 1-3
Secondary: John Young
Secondary: Ship Cr Trading
Secondary: Dagelet River Beach Sands
Secondary: Emel Engel
Commodity
Primary: Titanium
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: PGE
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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: Quartz
Unknown: Illite
Unknown: Hypersthene
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Oligoclase
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Staurolite
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Labradorite
Comments
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF AREA IN 0021110100. A SHOVEL SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED IN 1957. SAMPLING IN 1976 CONSISTED OF CHANNEL, GRAB & PVC TUBE.
Comment (Exploration): CLAIM LAPSED NO CURRENT OWNER. INITIAL DISCOVERY PROBABLY BY PANNING.
References
Reference (Deposit): OF81-122 p. 77, Nos. 70, 71
Reference (Deposit): OF81-122
Reference (Deposit): OF82-719 p. 10, No. 231
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-5
Reference (Reserve-Resource): OF78-494 pp. C87-C88
Reference (Deposit): B836b pp. 133-135
Reference (Deposit): B947D p. 71
Reference (Deposit): OF149
Reference (Deposit): RI5986 pp. 1-2, 6-7, 37-39
Reference (Deposit): P632 p. 83
Reference (Deposit): MF436
Reference (Deposit): B1374
Reference (Deposit): OF78-316 pp. 32-34
Reference (Deposit): OF78-494 pp. C28-C91
Reference (Deposit): OF78-494
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