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Black Bear 1-3

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209500
MAS/MILS ID 0020950113
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear 1-3
Alternate or previous names Falls Creek Mine, Skeen Mtn 1-5

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -149.28037, 60.42983 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward B-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach 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
Seward 004 N 001 E 21 NWNENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -149.28037, 60.42983
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 90N
    Width 0.7M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50E:90N
    Date of Last Modification 881220

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. P. Skeen And John Lechner
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1905
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. O. Ingalls
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1905
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. D. Lane
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1905
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner California-Alaska Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1908

Comments on the workings information

  • Reported inecessable workings totalling 259.1 m.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 095-060

  • Deposit

    B442i pp. 166-178.

  • Deposit

    PE95-18 12 pp.

  • Deposit

    GC14 47 pp.

  • Deposit

    B587 243 pp.

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 380901 8 pp.

  • Deposit

    MF880A # 72.

  • Deposit

    MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-224).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1988 Dwb 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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