Basic Building Products

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Stone
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 10161575
MAS/MILS ID 0020850138
Record type Site
Current site name Basic Building Products
Alternate or previous names Kings River Shale, Jack Joslyn, Truck Stop, Julius Morr, James Hulbert, Shale Fraction, Kathy 1-2, Highway, King Mtn 1-2, Shale King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -148.74987, 61.73017 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Matanuska(hydrologic unit)

Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 019 N 004 E 16 SESWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -148.74987, 61.73017

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner D. W. Loppi
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 085-010

  • Deposit

    RI4932 pp. 33-34, 54-60, 62, 80

  • Deposit

    B1039C pp. 35, 37, 40-42, 47-56

  • Deposit

    RI6002 pp. 2, 4-6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL CLAIMS STAKED PRIOR TO 1953. NEW CLAIMS STAKED 1977 (KX 85-10).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Dwb 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.