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Anderson

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136805
MRDS ID A013281
MAS/MILS ID 0021140007
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson
Alternate or previous names Aurora, Washington, Anderson-Pearse Group, Sisters, Imperial, Oregon, California, Maria, Alice
Related records 10002363

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -136.02282, 57.63441 (WGS84)
Elevation 21
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(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)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 049 S 058 E 12 NWNESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -136.02282, 57.63441
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd Branson, Bill Hollowell And Wesley Brown
    Interest 100
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • NELSON, 1931, 2P.(AJ REPORT-SEE BACK-UP FILE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS STAKED 1930. NEW OWNERSHIP OR RESTAKED IN 1953 LAST ASSESSMENT 1957. RESTAKED 1969 AS 8 CLAIMS ACROSS LAKE. NO ASSESSMENT PERFORMED. ORIGINAL CLAIMS RESTAKED 1976. WORKINGS: 36 FT ADIT & 40 FT OPEN CUT. VALUES: < $1/TON AU. DEPOSIT ON FAULT LINKING HIRST & CHICHAGOFF FAULTS. COMPOSED OF MINERALIZED QTZ VEINS ASSOC. WITH FAULTS IN TRIASSIC SCHIST UNIT OF NORTHWESTERN CHICHAGOFF ISLAND.

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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