Portland

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161520
MRDS ID A000797
MAS/MILS ID 0021190114
Record type Site
Current site name Portland
Alternate or previous names Quartzite Ledge, Hoffman, Keystone, Sleeping Beauty Mine, Midnight Sun, Peterson-Wixon-Arwik Group, Gold Standard, Bert Libe, Bert Libe Property, Sleeping Beauty Mng. Co., Inc., Beat Lode, Helm Bay King, Bugge Lake, Cleveland Peninsula, Melville, Alexander, Bradley, London, Smuggler Cove, Helm Bay Mining Co., Libe's Blue Jay, Puzzler, Alaska Gold Standard, Wixon and Peterson, Arwick, Bear Lake, Bugge and Rogers, Gold Coin Group, Free Gold Group, Alaska, Bonanza, Helm Bay King Gold Mine, Cy Perkins, Portland Group, Blue Jay, Seattle, Minnetonka, Stensland Property, A.H. Stensland, Almina Stensland, Helm Bay, Beat Group, Juan Munoz, Gold Belt North No. 1-8

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -132.0204, 55.66504 (WGS84)
Elevation 50
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 071 S 087 E 35 NESESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -132.0204, 55.66504

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Year of first production 1921

Mining district

District name Kmd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A000786 USGS CRIB A000796 USGS CRIB A000802 USGS CRIB A000834 USGS CRIB A000835 USGS CRIB A000721 USGS CRIB A000823 USGS CRIB A000864 MISMARKED AS SLEEPING BEAUTY ON USGS 119C1 MAP. PORTLAND ALSO KNOWN AS BLUE JAY, HELM BAY KING. ORE SHOOTS EXPOSED IN MAIN WORKING PLUNGE TO THE NE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Kmm 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.