Column Point

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136783
MAS/MILS ID 0021110085
Record type Site
Current site name Column Point
Alternate or previous names Kelly, Northeast Beach Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.42706, 58.12471 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather A-2 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

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 043 S 055 E 21 E2NESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.42706, 58.12471

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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John W. Kelly
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-067

  • Deposit

    B1058E p. 211, plate 12

  • Deposit

    MF436

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS STAKED 1974. ACTIVE 1976. DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF AURIFEROUS BEACH SANDS. LOCAL VEINS BELIEVED TO BE SOURCE OF AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map 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.