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Eureka

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233826
MRDS ID A013367
MAS/MILS ID 0021160009
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka
Alternate or previous names Eureka Mine, Eureka Prospect
Related records 10094082

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -135.15196, 56.98161 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Alexander D-4 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Alexander NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Alexander(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 056 S 065 E 30 SWNWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -135.15196, 56.98161
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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 State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1898. NO ACTIVITY SINCE 1898. LOCATED IN SITKA GRAYWACKE. STRINGER LEAD OF PYRITIFEROUS QTZ ENCLOSED IN SLATE NEAR DIORITIC BODIES. DEVELOPMENT INSIGNIFICANT. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (PP792)

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.