Kensington Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10209864
MRDS ID	A012101
MAS/MILS ID	0021120159
Record type	Site
Current site name	Kensington Placer
Alternate or previous names	Kensington Mines, Savage MS 39, Pat #24324
Related records	10001361

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-135.10736, 58.86615 (WGS84)
Elevation	198
Location accuracy	500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Copper River	035 S	062 E	05	NESWNE	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-135.10736, 58.86615	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Placer
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0021120159
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A012101	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Ownership

ALASKA KARDEX 112-011
Deposit

B284e pp. 32-33
Deposit

MR112-2

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	UNPAT BEFORE 1910. (IN 1891 BERNERS BAY MINING & MILLING CO. WAS ORGANIZED. IT OPENED THE RICH COMET CLAIM FROM WHICH $500,000. WAS TAKEN. LITIGATION TIED UP OPERATION 1902-1910, THE BOND HOLDERS, RECEIVING TITLE TO THE PROPERTY, SET UP THE NEW COMPANY, KENSINGTON MINES COMPANY.) MR112-2 NO PLACER DATA. LOCATION DATA IS AVAILABLE, 500 FOOT LEVEL AT SHERMAN CREEK USED.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	13-JUL-95	Wlg	U.S. Bureau of Mines