Unnamed Prospect Beaver Mtns

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Tin, Zinc
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233627
MAS/MILS ID 0020730050
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Beaver Mtns

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -156.96826, 62.91863 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 033 N 041 W 25 CS Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -156.96826, 62.91863

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1980

Mining district

District name Innoko District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GEOL RPT 72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM TOURMALINE BRECCIA SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN GREISENIZED FRACTURE. ANALYTICAL RESULTS SHOW UP TO 10% CU, 2% ZN, 32 OZ/TON AG, 2% AS, 500 PPM SB, AND 200 PPM SN. PROSPECT CONTAINS VISIBLE CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, AND GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUN-1991 Djb 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.