Hirst Chichagof

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161413
MRDS ID A013265
MAS/MILS ID 0021140003
Record type Site
Current site name Hirst Chichagof
Alternate or previous names Marinovich, Sunday Queen, Bear In All Group, Gold Bug, Tillson, Bear Extension, Lena, Fries, Shaffer
Related records 10002348

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -136.10623, 57.68441 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
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-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(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)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 048 S 057 E 25 NWNWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -136.10623, 57.68441

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B. M. Behrends Bank
    Interest 93
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Alaska
    Interest 7
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • HUMPHREY, 1936, 7 P.(SEE BACK-UP FILE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A003111 USGS CRIB A003127 USGS CRIB A003152

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1995 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.