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Alaska Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138042
MAS/MILS ID 0040130116
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Mine
Alternate or previous names Weldon Hill, Copper Penny, Silver Thread, Two Sisters, Old Gold Claims, Rainbow Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.31466, 33.72816 (WGS84)
Elevation 573
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 N 010 W 33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.31466, 33.72816
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. H. Chisholm
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 LONE MTN MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR COPPER PENNY MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON E.D. ETAL AZ LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING AZBM BUL

  • Deposit

    137 1934 P 133-134

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr 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 Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.