Eureka Claim

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000604
MRDS ID A011211
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Claim
Alternate or previous names Eureka Group
Related records 10112739

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.85289, 63.54679 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASED ON UNDOCUMENTED REPORT OF "CONSIDERABLE COPPER" IN ORES LISTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.85289, 63.54679

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna District; Kantishna Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 687; P. 101-102

  • Deposit

    A.D.G.G.S. OPEN FILE 98; P. 34 LOC. 38

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A; P. 44 LOC. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATED TO BANJO MINE, RED TOP MINING COMPANY; DATA FOR THIS LOCALE AND BANJO OFTEN LUMPED IN THE LITERATURE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.