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Lindeborg Vein

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209449
MRDS ID A010314
MAS/MILS ID 0021180053
Record type Site
Current site name Lindeborg Vein
Alternate or previous names Riverside
Related records 10000270

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -130.07255, 56.00257 (WGS84)
Elevation 97
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 068 S 099 E 02 SWSWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -130.07255, 56.00257
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 45M
    Length 300M
    Width 3M
    Area 18HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:45W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 18
    Date of Last Modification 860926

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Hyder District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Moa And Associates
    ID 5000069
    Interest 91
    Year 1984

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Measured 3000mt ore
    Indicated 4100mt ore
    Demonstrated 7100mt ore
    Total resources 7100mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Trace 1945
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Inferred 11790mt ore
    Total resources 11790mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.5 wt-pct Tungsten Trace 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 118-041

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 118-074

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERALS REPORT420 p. 12

  • Deposit

    B642d p. 97

  • Deposit

    B714e p. 141

  • Deposit

    B722c p. 139

  • Deposit

    B739a p. 21

  • Deposit

    B773d pp. 74-77, 79-82

  • Deposit

    B783a p. 23

  • Deposit

    B783b pp. 41, 53

  • Deposit

    B792a p. 30

  • Deposit

    B797a p. 37

  • Deposit

    B800 pp. 317, 324, 330, 347

  • Deposit

    B807 pp. 43, 77-81

  • Deposit

    B810a pp. 12, 46, 49, 51

  • Deposit

    B813a p. 15

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 17

  • Deposit

    B857A p. 16

  • Deposit

    B864A p. 16

  • Deposit

    B933A p. 94

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT420

  • Deposit

    IC7379 pp. 68-69

  • Deposit

    RI4174 pp. 4-5, 36-44

  • Deposit

    B1024B pp. 30, 33, 35, 42, 44

  • Deposit

    B1024F pp. 123, 125-126, 128-136

  • Deposit

    IC7844 p. 13

  • Deposit

    ADGS AR 1966a pp. 53-55, 63-64

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 147

  • Deposit

    MF418

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82 pp. 13, 17, 40

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-52

Comments on the references

  • USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1941-1951

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MSHA MID 5001145 WATER SUPPLY AT THE SALMON RIVER WHICH ADJOINS THE PROPERTY. USGS CRIB A001652 FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN OF OPERATIONS BY YEAR YEAR.....COSTS......RETURNS...ASSISTANCE..NET COST...... 1940 $ 28,490.91 $ 28,490.91 1941 52,831.22 1942 58,615.62 $ 29,336.67 $ 825.58 28,453.37 1943 40,883.66 40,883.66 1944 52,163.93 52,163.93 1945 32,791.57 23,679.28 9,112.29 1946 74,400.71 26,746.82 $14,010.99 33,642.90 1947 120,563.77 97,200.48 $11,824.88 11,538.41 --------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL $460,741.39 $176,963.25 $26,661.45 $257,116.69 PAST PRODUCTION: YEAR GRADE TONS CONC. 1941 60% 26 1943 10% 25 1944 21% 46 1946 31.9% 19 1947 55% 13 1948 60% 11 VALUE OF REMAINING RESERVE @ $11.50/LB WO3---$2,700,000. ELECTRICAL SOURCE: POWER REQUIREDTO BE GENERATED ON-SITE. PGQM TAKEN FROM P.12 USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT 420. RECORD 620 DESCRIBES MINE WORKINGS AS THEY EXIST TODAY NO COSTING OF MINE OR MILL SINCE INSUFFICIET RESERVES. GRAVEL ROAD EXISTS FROM HYDER FOR 11 MILES TO U.S. BORDER. USGS CRIB D002769

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-1988 Rdc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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