Johnson River

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234029
MAS/MILS ID 0020940032
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -152.95263, 60.12165 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kenai A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kenai SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kenai(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuxedni-Kamishak Bays(hydrologic unit)

Western Cook Inlet(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Lake Clark 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
Seward 001 S 021 W 06 NE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -152.95263, 60.12165

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1983

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner North Pacific Mining Corp. (Sub-Cook Inlet Region, Inc)
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Westmin Resources Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1993
    First year 1993
    Last year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hunt, Ware, And Proffett
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1992
    Last year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.35 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Silver Ag 7.8 g/mt Silver Minor 1995
    Copper Cu 0.76 wt-pct Copper Trace 1995
    Lead Pb 1.17 wt-pct Lead Trace 1995
    Zinc Zn 8.37 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    WESTMIN, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 25, 26.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WESTMIN, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P25.

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. D-55

  • Deposit

    TUNDRA TIMES 840229 pp. 7, 8

  • Deposit

    AK J COMM 840227 p. 9

  • Deposit

    AK MINE LICENSE-1984

  • Deposit

    SR33 p. 9

  • Deposit

    SR38 p. 12

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V21 N9, 10-93, P.7.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, V 80 N3, 3-21-94, P.3.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, V 80 N7, 4-18-94, P.1.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 9-93, P.6.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 242, 243.

  • Deposit

    WESTMIN, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    WESTMIN, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ACQUISITION OF AN OPTION ON A LEASE WITH COOK INLET REGION INC. IN 1993 IS MENTIONED IN THE WESTMIN 1994 ANNUAL REPORT. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE JOHNSON RIVER PROPERTY IN THE WESTMIN 1995 ANNUAL REPORT FROM WESTMIN. PROPERTY WAS GIVEN BACK TO COOK INLET REGION, INC., IN 1996. THEIR ARE NO PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. 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.