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Ellamar Part of Prince William Sound

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009285
MRDS ID D002170
Record type Site
Current site name Ellamar Part of Prince William Sound

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.70254, 60.89959 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordova D-8 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Chugach 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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.70254, 60.89959
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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

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, F. H., AND FELLOWS, R. E., 1950, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND DISTRICT, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 963B, PP 47 - 51, 55 - 56

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, F. H., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND REGION, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 989E, PP 225 - 298, 302

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELLAMAR MINE YIELDED SILVER AND GOLD AS BYPRODUCTS OF COPPER MINING - MINE NO LONGER IN OPERATION BUT DEPOSITS NOT EXHAUSTED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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