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Copper Mountain Part of Ketchikan

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009284
MRDS ID D002168
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mountain Part of Ketchikan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.61847, 55.23306 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sealaska Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.61847, 55.23306
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BY-PRODUCT OF COPPER MINING - DEPOSITS FORMERLY IN DEMAND BECAUSE OF HIGH IRON CONTENT, CHANGE IN METALLURGICAL PRACTICE THEY BECAME UNECONOMICAL, RESERVES PROBABLY STILL PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Fisher, Fred R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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