Whitney

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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 10161427
MAS/MILS ID 0021110068
Record type Site
Current site name Whitney
Alternate or previous names Christmas, Enterprise

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.10896, 58.25942 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(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 UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 042 S 057 E 04 NESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.10896, 58.25942

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Alaska
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-022

  • Deposit

    B504

  • Deposit

    B662b p. 25

  • Deposit

    B666P p. 98

  • Deposit

    B714a p. 41

  • Deposit

    B783a p. 26

  • Deposit

    B783b pp. 55-56

  • Deposit

    B800 pp. 329-330, 340

  • Deposit

    ECON G 3801 p. 74

  • Deposit

    B926C pp. 176-177

  • Deposit

    MR191-5 pp. 4-5

  • Deposit

    IC7844 p. 12

  • Deposit

    B1121K plate 1

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 145

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    P792 pp. 91, 92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLY DISCOVERED 1916. 2 CLAIMS STAKED 1922 & PATENTED: MS 1428 PAT #891070. CLAIMS FORECLOSED TO TERRITORY 1957. WORKINGS: 78 FT TUNNEL & 25 FT CROSSCUT. NO ORE SHIPPED. COMPOSED OF MOLY STRINGERS & SOME DISSEMINATED MOLY IN A HORNFELSIC CONTACT BETWEEN WILLOUGHBY LS & QUARTZ DIORITE. CHALCOPYRITE PRESENT IN VEINS. FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED IN 1942 BASED ON GEOLOGY.

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.