Winfield Shaft

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112227
MRDS ID A010624
MAS/MILS ID 0020430036
Record type Site
Current site name Winfield Shaft
Alternate or previous names Surprise, Granite, Alaska Tin Corporation, North Hill, Ear Mountain Lodes, Chloride Fraction
Related records 10100937, 10282514

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -166.21846, 65.9429 (WGS84)
Elevation 463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bering Straits Native Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 006 N 036 W 03 S2SESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -166.21846, 65.9429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Winfield Estate
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • MULLIGAN, 1954, DMEA DOCKET NO. 2942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENT 953511 ISSUED 1925 ON SURPRISE, CHLORIDE FRACTION, AND GRANITE LODE CLAIMS (KX 043-007). USGS CRIB A003670 USGS CRIB D002558

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1995 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.