Port Heiden

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185757
MRDS ID A000594
MAS/MILS ID 0021330003
Record type Site
Current site name Port Heiden

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -159.18079, 56.75038 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chignik D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chignik NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chignik(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Port Heiden(hydrologic unit)

Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 040 S 062 W 05 N2NWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Qs

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RI6214 pp. 33-36, 48

  • Deposit

    MF374

  • Deposit

    OF508

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh 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.