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Miner Island

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136596
MRDS ID A002096
MAS/MILS ID 0021110087
Record type Site
Current site name Miner Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.33955, 58.01081 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 044 S 055 E 36 N2NWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.33955, 58.01081
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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 National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-018

  • Deposit

    ADGS AR 1921 p. 46

  • Deposit

    B800 p. 378

  • Deposit

    P792 p. 91, plates 1, 4

Comments on the references

  • BACK-UP FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ACTIVE ABOUT 1925. INACTIVE 1976. FOLKLORE INDICATES HIGH-GRADE SHOOT MINED. NO PROD. RECORD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.