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Lurvey

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161338
MRDS ID A012052
MAS/MILS ID 0021120143
Record type Site
Current site name Lurvey
Alternate or previous names Lurvey Placer MS 114, No Pat #, Lurvey Placer MS 113, No Pat #, William Nelson
Related records 10001313

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -134.3312, 58.30145 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
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

Juneau B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(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

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 041 S 068 E 20 SESENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -134.3312, 58.30145
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001510 1881 discovered. 1889 some tunnelling done. 1898 acquired by Last Chance Hydraulic Mining Co 1899 tunnel driven to tap bottom of basin, 2 giants working, only a little gold recovered.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1995 Wlg 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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