Londevan

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136771
MRDS ID A012334
MAS/MILS ID 0021200023
Record type Site
Current site name Londevan
Alternate or previous names Telegraph Group, Londevon
Related records 10094033

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -131.47927, 55.39754 (WGS84)
Elevation 60
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ketchikan Gateway(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern 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 075 S 092 E 06 SENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -131.47927, 55.39754

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Kmd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 120-046

  • Deposit

    P1 p. 63

  • Deposit

    B284e p. 44

  • Deposit

    B345e p. 92

  • Deposit

    B347 p. 150

  • Deposit

    B480e p. 98

  • Deposit

    B542c p. 33

  • Deposit

    B592d p. 60

  • Deposit

    B592e p. 88

  • Deposit

    B800 pp. 321, 337

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN ADIT OPEN IN 1992. 2500 FT OF WORKINGS. SAFETY IS MAIN ISSUE AT LONDEVAN AS BAD AIR CURTAILS COMPLETE EXAM. FLAME SAFETY LAMP EXTINGUISHED AT 1700 FT NEAR FLOOR. BETTER AIR 5-6 FT OFF THE GROUND. MNLZN IS NOT MARVELOUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-1993 Kmm 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.