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Golden Hand

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  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 10209666
MRDS ID A013260
MAS/MILS ID 0021140037
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Hand
Alternate or previous names Roman, Golden Hand Apex, No. 1 Below Golden Hand
Related records 10002343

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -136.17283, 57.77751 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 047 S 057 E 22 SWNWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -136.17283, 57.77751
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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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd Branson, Wes Brown And Bill Hollowell
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 CLAIMS AROUND 1933. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. 5 CLAIMS STAKED 76. WORKINGS: 6 GROUPS OF PROSPECT PITS & TRENCHES. COMPOSED OF AURIFEROUS QTZ VEINS IN LS-DIORITE CONTACT AREA LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATES 1 & 4 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1995 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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