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Ready Bullion

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136764
MRDS ID A012059
MAS/MILS ID 0021120191
Record type Site
Current site name Ready Bullion
Alternate or previous names Mineral Queen Ms342, No Pat #
Related records 10001320

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -134.3576, 58.25805 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 042 S 068 E 06 C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -134.3576, 58.25805
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1898

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1898
    Description 19612 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1899
    Description 162107 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1900
    Description 199410 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1901
    Description 170642 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1902
    Description 226522 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1903
    Description 202881 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1904
    Description 196365 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1905
    Description 233480 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1906
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 260905.99mt
    Description 236690 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1907
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 235200.09mt
    Description 213370 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1908
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 255262.15mt
    Description 231570 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1909
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 251007.23mt
    Description 227710 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1910
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 261611.46mt
    Description 237330 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1911
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 246551.69mt
    Description 223668 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1912
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 238599.62mt
    Description 216454 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1913
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 245806.53mt
    Description 222992 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1914
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 256948.69mt
    Description 233100 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1915
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 277952.12mt
    Description 252154 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1916
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 315346.92mt
    Description 286078 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1917
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 222603.99mt
    Description 201943 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1918
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 210918.39mt
    Description 191342 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1919
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 293337.08mt
    Description 266111 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1920
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 329496.19mt
    Description 298914 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1921
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 294248.69mt
    Description 266938 Short Tons Ore
  • Year 1922
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 167668.11mt
    Description 152106 Short Tons Ore

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARD ROCK GOLD p. 36

  • Deposit

    REDMAN NEWSPAPER 1987p. 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WAS ONE OF FOUR IN A COMPLEX. OTHER MINES WERE:MEXICAN, TREADWELL, AND 700-FOOT. MILL: 1898 the Ready Bullion had 120 stamps. 1917 after the caved in of the other mines, the Ready Bullion continued to operate until 1922. 1923 30 stamps operated under lease.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Rdc-Wlg 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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