Taku Chief

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137016
MAS/MILS ID 0021130013
Record type Site
Current site name Taku Chief
Alternate or previous names Steeple Peak, Pinnacle Peak Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -133.98668, 58.08725 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taku River A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taku River(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 070 E 04 N2SWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -133.98668, 58.08725

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • 9 (?) LODE CLAIMS STAKED 1954 THRU 1957. CLAIMS ACTIVE 1976. WORK: OPEN CUT, TUNNEL, TRENCHING.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Henry T. Olson
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.