Oscar Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136971
MAS/MILS ID 0020600177
Record type Site
Current site name Oscar Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gold Bottom Creek, Oscar A, Oscar E, Oscar H, Oscar B

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -143.09994, 64.23164 (WGS84)
Elevation 1310
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 008 S 023 E 12 MWSESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -143.09994, 64.23164

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1971

Mining district

District name Forty Mile District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WGM INC. STAFF. 1976 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, DOYON PROJECT,

  • Deposit

    VOLUME 1A, BLOCKS 1,4,5,7,8. DOYON LTD., FAIRBANKS, AK.

  • Deposit

    REP. NO. 77-01A, 1977.

  • Deposit

    LESSMAN, J., P. DEA, AND J. RUZICKA. 1977 ANNUAL PROGRESS

  • Deposit

    REPORT, DOYON PROJECT, VOLUME 8, MT. VETA AREA. DOYON LTD.,

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANKS, AK. REP. NO. 78-05, 1978.

  • Deposit

    CARTER, C.H. DOYON EXPLORATION PROGRAM, BLOCKS 4,5,8, AND

  • Deposit

    22. DOYON LTD., FAIRBANKS, AK. REP. NO. 81-27, 1981.

  • Deposit

    DASHEVSKY, S.S. DOYON EXPLORATION PROGRAM, BLOCK 8 - FORTY-

  • Deposit

    MILE, 1982. DOYON LTD., FAIRBANKS, AK. REP. NO. 83-01, 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-1995 Reb 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.