| 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 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -132.0204, 55.66504 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 50 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper River | 071 S | 087 E | 35 | NESESE | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -132.0204, 55.66504 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1901 |
| Year of first production | 1921 |
| District name | Kmd |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0021190114 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A000797 | MAS references MRDS |
P1 pp. 57-60
B284e pp. 44-45
B314d p. 63
B345e p. 92
B347 pp. 153-157
B592e pp. 86-87
B622c p. 42
B642d p. 82
B722a pp. 35-36
B755a p. 23
B773a pp. 10, 15
B773d pp. 72, 128
B810a p. 16
B813a p. 16
B824a p. 18
B857A p. 16
B864A p. 16
B868A pp. 16-17
IR JCR 360525 p. 4
MR191-3 pp. 1-3
PE119-1
B880A p. 17
IR HGW 37c p. 3
B897A p. 18
IR JCR 380523 pp. 2-3, 10, 12
PE119-12A
PE119-13
B917A p. 22
IR JCR 390507 pp. 9, 10
IR JCR 400524 pp. 2-4
B926A p. 20
B933A p. 19
IR JCR 460611 p. 5
IR HMF 500524 pp. 3-4
B1139 pp. 66, 70-71, 73-75, 78
B1108B p. 35
GR17
B1246 p. 179
SR1 pp. 6-8
MIRL 28 pp. 78, 86-87, 90, 92, 96
MIRL 24 p. 621
OF78-869 pp. 7, 24, 76-88, 110, 132-133, 166
E&MJ 7905 p. 84, No. 236
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 26-JAN-1993 | Kmm | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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