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Alaska Lead & Silver

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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 10233894
MAS/MILS ID 0021200108
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Lead & Silver
Alternate or previous names Alaska Lead and Silver 1-16

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -131.47257, 55.38724 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ketchikan Gateway(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cape Fox Village Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 075 S 092 E 08 NENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -131.47257, 55.38724
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Year of first production 1970

Mining district

District name Kmd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH ADITS OPEN IN 1992. LOWER ADIT EXPOSES QTZ VEIN IN SHEAR VEIN HAS BEEN STOPED 40 FT ABOVE ADIT LEVEL. QTZ CONTAINS SPHALERITE, GALENA. MINIMAL SILVER IS PRESENT. MILL FOUND IN REMARKABLY GOOD SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-1993 Kmm 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.