Cleva Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185770
MAS/MILS ID 0021210013
Record type Site
Current site name Cleva Bay
Alternate or previous names Waters Bay, Long Island, White Cloud, Oregon Portland Cement Company, O.P.C. Cleva Bay, Lily, Carter Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -132.77399, 54.92472 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixon Entrance D-3 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Tongass 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
Copper River 080 S 084 E 21 NWNWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -132.77399, 54.92472

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oregon Portland Cement Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS 1915. NEXT ACTIVITY 15 CLAIMS STAKED 1960. LAST ASSESSMENT 1964. 21 CLAIMS STAKED 1964. LAST ACTIVITY 1967 AND 1970 13 CLAIMS OF GROUP PATD UNDER MS 2237 PAT # 50-71- 00239 DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF SILURIAN LS.

Reporter information

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