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Hillside Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093967
MRDS ID A011223
Record type Site
Current site name Hillside Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silverking

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.9765, 63.53984 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENSION OF RED TOP DEPOSIT; FOUND IN SHAFT WHICH WAS SUNK JUST BEYOND THE W END LINE OF THE RED TOP CLAIM LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.9765, 63.53984
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTENSION OF RED TOP DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • OWNERSHIP WAS IN DISPUTE IN 1923

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: RED TOP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD.

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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