Marsh Mountain

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234036
MRDS ID A000937
MAS/MILS ID 0021020001
Record type Site
Current site name Marsh Mountain
Alternate or previous names Frank Waskey, Red Top, East Extension Red Top Nos. 1-4, Red Top Nos. 1-4, East Extension Red Top, Red Cap, Red Top Mercury Mines, Inc., Clarence Wren, Charles Wolfe, James Putvin, 3 W, Moneta Porcupine Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -158.53736, 59.27492 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillingham B-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Dillingham SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wood River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Aleknagik Natives, Limited(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
Seward 010 S 055 W 27 SWSESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -158.53736, 59.27492

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 102-001

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 102-003

  • Deposit

    TDM2 p. 18

  • Deposit

    RI4065 pp. 54-57

  • Deposit

    IC7941 pp. 12, 85

  • Deposit

    P400B pp. 36-38

  • Deposit

    IC8131 pp. 8, 51-54

  • Deposit

    B1187 pp. 3, 57-66, 80

  • Deposit

    IC8252 pp. 32-33, 51, 56

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 11

  • Deposit

    GC17 pp. 4, 7-8

  • Deposit

    C615 pp. 16, 18-20

  • Deposit

    MF375

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82 p. 41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1986 Sbh 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.