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Goodnews Bay Mining Co.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160854
MAS/MILS ID 0021010001
Record type Site
Current site name Goodnews Bay Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Goodnews Beach Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -161.84159, 59.02705 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 013 S 075 W 29 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
PGE Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -161.84159, 59.02705
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • 31 PLACER PLATINUM CLAIMS STAKED 1969; NO ASSESSMENT WORK.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Rdc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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