Blue Ribbon

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137063
MRDS ID A011472
MAS/MILS ID 0020860059
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ribbon
Related records 10000820

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -146.25676, 61.2065 (WGS84)
Elevation 1220
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 008 S 006 W 02 E2NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -146.25676, 61.2065

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 90E
    Length 3048M
    Width 0.2M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N90E:90E
    Date of Last Modification 881220

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 State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-110

  • Deposit

    B520h p. 127

  • Deposit

    B592k p. 239

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 330

  • Deposit

    MF438 Locality # 31.

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 66, 68.

  • Deposit

    OF79-1241 167 pp.

  • Deposit

    MR32

  • Deposit

    BMOF69-73

  • Deposit

    OF80-892B

  • Deposit

    MLA5-84 214 pp., (locality V-11).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1988 Mirl-Dwb 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.