El Paso Group

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161181
MAS/MILS ID 0021130008
Record type Site
Current site name El Paso Group
Alternate or previous names Mount Kluchman, Sweetcake Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -133.7103, 58.58166 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
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 C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taku River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern 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 038 S 071 E 16 NENWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -133.7103, 58.58166

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • 21 CLAIMS STAKED 1970. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. 10 CLAIMS IN NICKEL GROUP. 11 CLAIMS IN EL PASO GROUP.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

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.