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Potato Mountain Lode

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Tin, Zinc
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184798
MRDS ID A016001
MAS/MILS ID 0020430047
Record type Site
Current site name Potato Mountain Lode
Related records 10094090

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -167.56733, 65.65536 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 003 N 043 W 22 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • POTATO MOUNTAIN IS LOCATED ON NATIVE LAND CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -167.56733, 65.65536
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Port Clarence District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1995 Djb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.