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Basket Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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 10137106
MRDS ID A003075
MAS/MILS ID 0021140213
Record type Site
Current site name Basket Bay
Alternate or previous names Basket Creek, D'Ann, Kook Creek, Peggy, Mary, Karen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -134.99639, 57.62333 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Location accuracy 100(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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(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 049 S 065 E 16 C SENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -134.99639, 57.62333
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mapco, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oklahoma
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Resource Exploration Consultants
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Cordillera Exploration
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • OPERATOR ADDRESS: MAPCO, INC. 1800 SOUTH BALTIMORE AVE. TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119 TELE: (918) 584-4471

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Rdc 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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