Moonlight Divide

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135753
MRDS ID A003309
MAS/MILS ID 0020530146
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight Divide

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -164.45269, 64.79791 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
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

Solomon D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 008 S 029 W 13 NESWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -164.45269, 64.79791

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B345m p. 243

  • Deposit

    TDM5R pp. 19-20

  • Deposit

    OF51 p. 38

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 113

  • Deposit

    MF445

  • Deposit

    OF78-181 p. 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Sbh 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.