The Alaska Homestake Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 98 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 98 Feet (30 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.0831, -148.26750
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Alaska Homestake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Homestake Mine
Secondary: Homestake Mining Co.
Secondary: Virgil Park
Secondary: Alaska Free Gold Co.
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Bruno 1-3
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
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: Peter Black And William Hogan
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1913
Owner Name: Dave And Donna Williams, And Steve Wells
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Edward Schnoor
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1972
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HOMESTAKE MINING CO. ACTIVE CA. 1916. BRUNO CLAIMS STAKED 1958, RESTAKED 1972. ASSESSMENT WORK THRU 1977 (KX 85-187). Workings consist of a 83.8 m. adit, a lower inaccessable adit, and a 19.5 m. winze.
References
Reference (Deposit): MF409
Reference (Deposit): OF79-1095 184 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B592j pp. 195-236.
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality A-30).
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-187
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-066
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-188
Reference (Deposit): B662h p. 189
Reference (Deposit): B692g p. 150
Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 33
Reference (Deposit): MR193-2 pp. 23-24
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