Capital Hill

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185642
MRDS ID A000033
MAS/MILS ID 0020850103
Record type Site
Current site name Capital Hill
Alternate or previous names Capitol Hill, Hummel & Howell

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -148.1526, 61.09956 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage A-4 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anchorage SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 012 N 007 E 26 NESENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Unknown
Gold Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -148.1526, 61.09956

Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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
    Date of Last Modification 881220

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 Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • USGS CRIB A000045 Workings reported to include a 12.2 m. adit.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-88 Mirl-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.