M.S. 1147

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136473
MAS/MILS ID 0020440155
Record type Site
Current site name M.S. 1147
Alternate or previous names Kougarok River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -164.8034, 65.68402 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 003 N 030 W 01 SESESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -164.8034, 65.68402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Toner And Murphy
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 044-192

  • Deposit

    SP4 p. 69

  • Deposit

    P2 pp. 62, 64

  • Deposit

    B314l pp. 169-172, 176-178

  • Deposit

    B328 pp. 305-309, 315-320

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    B345m pp. 228, 244

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    B345n p. 266

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    B358 p. 63

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    B379p p. 296

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    B442s pp. 364-365

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    B480c p. 42

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    B592u pp. 388, 394

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    B622r p. 372

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    BMB142 pp. 27-28

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    B662q p. 452

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    B712h p. 189

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    B714k p. 233

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    B722a p. 63

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    B722f p. 181

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    B739a p. 9

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    B755a p. 14

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    B773a p. 27

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    B783a p. 18

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    B792a pp. 22, 24

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    B797a pp. 27, 30

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    B813a p. 42

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    B824a p. 47

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    B836a pp. 48-49

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    B844A pp. 48, 54

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    B857A pp. 45, 51

  • Deposit

    B864A p. 51

  • Deposit

    B868A pp. 53, 59

  • Deposit

    B880A pp. 55, 62

  • Deposit

    B897A pp. 63, 71

  • Deposit

    B910A pp. 65-66, 76

  • Deposit

    B917A pp. 64, 75

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    B926A p. 61

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    B933A pp. 58, 68

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    TDM5R p. 22

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    C265 pp. 4, 6

  • Deposit

    OF377 p. 30

  • Deposit

    MF417

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    OF508 p. 44

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    OF536 p. 2

  • Deposit

    B1374 pp. 76-77

  • Deposit

    THE MAPMAKERS p. 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MS 1147 ISSUED 1918 ON 179-35 ACRES- PAT. 624129. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS. BEDROCK IS COMPLEXLY FAULTED PRE-ORD. METASEDIMENTARY AND MAFIC VOLCANIC OR INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATES. QUARTZ VEINS THAT CARRY PYRITE AND/OR COPPER SULFIDES ARE COMMON. PLACER CONCENTRATES CONTAIN MAGNETITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SILVER RICH SULFIDE, CASSITERITE, AND GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 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.