Name: SALT CHUCK MAS Number: 0021190135 Type: SURF-UNDERG Status: PAST PRODUCERB345f Wright, C. W., and S. Paige Copper Deposits on Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island Ch. in Mineral Resources of Alaska, Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907. U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 345 1908 pp. 98-115
Location Information Geographic PLS Latitude: N553800 Meridian: COPPER RIVER Longitude: W1323330 Township: 072 S Range: 084 E Section: 17 UTM Elevation: 120 m Precision: 10 m Zone: 8 Reference point: MAIN ENT Precision: 100 m Northing: 6167761 Quadrangle: CRAIG Easting: 653708 Map: 119C2 Scale: 15 MIN Domain: PRIVATE Hydrologic unit code: 19060000
Property Information Holdings LOCATED CLAIM Year of discovery: 1905 Year of initial production: 1907 Year of last production: 1941 Mining district: KETCHIKAN Company name: C.O. FOX, GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS LTD.
Commodity information Commodity Modifier --------------- ----------------------- PLATINUM GROUP COPPER SULFIDE SILVER GOLD VANADIUM V2O5 CONTENT IRON MAGNETITE
Alternate Names
SALT CHUCK DONALD P. RICHTER FREDRICK FREDRICK NO. 2 JOHN WORTHINGTON B.G. MUELLER ROY ALLEN NOS. 1-4 SALT CHUCK MILL GOODRO CHARLES F. HERBERT MAY NOS. 1-10 CHANSON YTTRIUM CHILLY NO. 2 CHILLY NO. 4 JOKER GROUP ALASKA PALLADUIM COMPANY FERROUS NO. 3 FERROUS FRACTION J10 THRU J16 K10 THRU K16 L11 THRU L16 M13 THRU M16 ALASKA GOLD AND METALS CO. PRINCE OF WALES MNG. CO. UTAH CONSTRUCTION AND MNG. CO. MT. ANDREW MNG. CO. JUAN MUNOZ SALT CHUCK NOS. 1-8 SALT CHUCK MNG. CO. SOLAR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY BARBARA FOX ORBEX MINERALS, LTD.
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