Bluebird Kotsina River

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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 10186054
MRDS ID A011518
MAS/MILS ID 0020860139
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Kotsina River
Alternate or previous names Forget-Me-Not, Bunker Hill, Kotsina River, Amman and Crawford, Mountain Boy, Montana Boy
Related records 10000865

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -144.03423, 61.66325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(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 C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 002 S 008 E 30 NENESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -144.03423, 61.66325

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B745 pp. 103-104

  • Deposit

    B947G pp. 130-132

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 330

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 38-39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A003718 USGS CRIB A003732 USGS CRIB A003733 USGS CRIB A003736 USGS CRIB A003753 USGS CRIB A003793 USGS CRIB A003795 USGS CRIB A003808

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1995 Mirl-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.