The Snowball is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 860 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: 860 Feet (262 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 60.9664, -148.22720
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Snowball MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowball
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
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: Hamilton And Irving
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1913
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
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings include an inaccessable adit at the 262 m. elevation and a 8.2 m. caved shaft at the portal. A 67 m.-long adit is at the 219 m. elevation.
References
Reference (Deposit): MF880A # 121
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-148).
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