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Schaefer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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 10112696
MRDS ID A013452
MAS/MILS ID 0020920001
Record type Site
Current site name Schaefer
Alternate or previous names Cinnabar Creek, Cinnabar Run, Cinnabar Gulch
Related records 10002512

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -158.85699, 60.79654 (WGS84)
Elevation 373
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taylor Mountains D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Taylor Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taylor Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 008 N 055 W 12 NENESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -158.85699, 60.79654
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. Schaefer
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 100 FLASKS RETORTED (B. 1187 P.35) RUSSEL SCHAEFER OWNED AND OPERATED THIS PROSPECT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1960. USGS CRIB A003593

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Prb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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