The I & L is a uranium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,148 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,148 Feet (350 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 54.9139, -132.13470
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I & L MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: I & L
Secondary: I&L 3-5
Secondary: Hollenback
Secondary: Tiny One
Secondary: Urangesellschaft
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Thorium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Seraphim Corp.
Company ID: 5001229
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1979
Owner Name: Urangesellschaft Usa
Company ID: 5001229
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Lester A. And Irma Hollenback
Company ID: 5001229
Percent: 75.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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 (Reference): BACK-UP FILE
Comment (Ownership): OPERATOR ADDRESS: SERAPHIM ENG., LTD. 316-470 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA OWNER ADDRESS: URANGESELLSCHAFT U.S.A., INC. 6000 E. EVANS, BLDG. 3-200 DENVER, COLORADO 80222 OWNER ADDRESS: LESTER A. & IRMA HOLLENBACK KETCHIKAN, ALASKA 99901
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DIKE NO. 1 CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INDICATED RESERVES OF 18,600 KILOGRAMS THORIUM AND 15,400 KILOGRAMS URANIUM IN 19,100 METRIC TONS OF ORE. INDICATED GRADES ARE 0.114% THO2 AND 0.094% U3O8.
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS 1955. ASSESSMENT CONTINUOUS TO PRESENT. 1 NEW CLAIM STAKED 1976. INTERMITTENTLY LEASED TO VARIOUS COMPANIES 1956 THRU 1974. WORKINGS: MANY OPEN PITS & TRENCHES. COMPOSED OF RADIOACTIVES ASSOC. WITH PEGMATITE DIKES & QTZ VEINS ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN BOKAN MTN. GRANITE. MINERALIZATION MAINLY HYDROTHERMAL. MAJOR ORE MINERALS: URANINITE & URANOTHORITE. VALUES: .05% < 6.0% EU OR .048% < 2.30% U308. PHENACITE DISC. 1963. CONTAINS .04% < 1.86% BEO.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-003
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-084
Reference (Deposit): PE121-5
Reference (Deposit): B1155e pp. 44, 46-47
Reference (Deposit): B1154 pp. 82-89, plates 1, 4
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 33-89
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