| Deposit ID | 10000177 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010213 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper King |
| Related records | 10209464 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -131.98183, 56.46975 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The approximate location of the Copper King prospect is in Section 27 about 1.2 miles NNE of Berg Mountain, on the north side of a west tributary to Aaron Creek at an elevation of about 1700 feet (Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 7, loc. 3). This location is probably accurate to within about a quarter of a mile. ? Also see Additional Comments field, below. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wade Hampton(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bradfield Canal B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Bradfield Canal SW(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| (1) | -131.98183, 56.46975 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Petersburg |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010213 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BC002 |
Chapin, Theodore, 1916, Mining developments in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 642, p. 73-104.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p.
Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Chapin, Theodore, 1918, Mining developments in the Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-B, p. 63-75.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic vein? |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Early reports describing the Copper King prospect (Chapin, 1916, p. 78; 1918, p. 75) also refer to the Berg claims, a prospect that is described separately in this report (BC003). Parts of some of the early descriptions of the Copper King and Berg prospects may actually refer to a deposit in the Berg Basin area to the west in the adjoining Petersburg quadrangle.?Claim(s) staked in 1906 and restaked in 1951. An adit 300 feet long was reported in 1916 (Chapin, 1916), but the reference may actually be to a prospect in Berg Basin to the west in the Petersburg quadrangle. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-MAY-1998 | H. C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |
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