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Talkeetna

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185435
MRDS ID A011620
MAS/MILS ID 0020850075
Record type Site
Current site name Talkeetna
Alternate or previous names Sidney Ridge 1-2, Talkeetna Mining & Expl. Co., Talkeetna Gold Mining Co., Matanuska Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10000949

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -149.25599, 61.82396 (WGS84)
Elevation 1310
Location accuracy 100(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 D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(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 020 N 001 E 15 SESENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -149.25599, 61.82396
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fern Gold Mining Co., Inc.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • TALKEETNA MINE REPORTED TO BE A PART OF FERN MINING CO. (SEE 0020850074) HOLDINGS BY 1954 (B1004).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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