The Shumagin is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 121 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: 121 Feet (37 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 55.2342, -160.58330
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Shumagin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shumagin
Secondary: Unga Island
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Alaska Apollo Gold Mines Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1987
Owner Name: Daughrty Petroleum Inc. (Sudsidiary Of Alaska Apollo)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Kentucky
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 (Deposit): USGS CRIB W016495
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO MENTION OF THE PROPERTY IN THE 1995 CORNUCOPIA ANNUAL REPORT
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 138-002
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, V106 N27, 7-5-95, P.1.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996/97, P.128.
Reference (Deposit): B259h p. 101
Reference (Deposit): B379h pp. 149, 151
Reference (Deposit): B467 pp. 21, 125, 127
Reference (Deposit): OF51 p. 111
Reference (Deposit): MF443
Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 84, No. 201
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 11
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V98, #29, JULY 22, 1987, P4, "NEW
Reference (Deposit): DISCOVERY ENHANCE SHUMAGIN MINE".
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