Calder

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185962
MRDS ID A002617
MAS/MILS ID 0021170074
Record type Site
Current site name Calder
Alternate or previous names Kosciusko No. 3, Nos. 5-7, Puget Sound Pulp and Paper Co., Dry Pass Claims, Prince Whales 14-21, Alaska Marble Co. Claims, Marble Creek Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -133.46297, 56.17503 (WGS84)
Elevation 31
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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 066 S 077 E 02 N2NESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -133.46297, 56.17503

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 117-032

  • Deposit

    P1 p. 111

  • Deposit

    B284f p. 56

  • Deposit

    B314e pp. 75-76

  • Deposit

    B345g pp. 117-119

  • Deposit

    B347 pp. 192-195

  • Deposit

    B379d p. 84

  • Deposit

    B480c p. 42

  • Deposit

    B542d pp. 56-58

  • Deposit

    B642d p. 100

  • Deposit

    B682 pp. 59-62

  • Deposit

    B739b pp. 59, 61

  • Deposit

    IC7379 p. 80

  • Deposit

    TDM6 pp. 29, 65-66

  • Deposit

    IC7844 p. 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAT #706472 (M. S. 1050) 1919, #683720 (M. S. 1051) 1919, 1919, #713381 (M. S. 1052) 1919, #713383 (M. S. 1059) ISSUED 1919, AND #713382 (M. S.1053) ISSUED 1924. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Clm 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.