Devinney and Dolan

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185450
MRDS ID A003742
MAS/MILS ID 0020860151
Record type Site
Current site name Devinney and Dolan
Alternate or previous names Mineral Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -146.39696, 61.1432 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(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
Copper River 008 S 007 W 25 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -146.39696, 61.1432

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 78N
    Width 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:78N
    Date of Last Modification 881017

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. J. Devinney And W. H. Dolan
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1929

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings consist of a lower adit 72.5 m.-long with a raise and an upper adit 11.6 m.-long.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-104

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 22

  • Deposit

    B836a p. 22

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 380811

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 332

  • Deposit

    MF438

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 66, 68.

  • Deposit

    OF79-1241 167 pp.

  • Deposit

    MR32

  • Deposit

    BMOF69-73

  • Deposit

    MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V-29).

  • Deposit

    MR193-2 p. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-88 Wlg 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.