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Copper Hill Claim

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093921
MRDS ID A010114
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill Claim
Alternate or previous names Copper Plate Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.68514, 55.49556 (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 B-3(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

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
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.68514, 55.49556
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Country Rock Strikes N70w Dip To The Se.

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZONE IS STAINED WITH COPPER CARBONATES IN PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER W062471 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE VEINLETS AND PARTICLES IN SHEARED ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan 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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