White 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234210
MRDS ID A015037
MAS/MILS ID 0020740001
Record type Site
Current site name White Mountain
Alternate or previous names Wanda No. 1, Lyman, Mary Margie, Wanda, Black Bear, Williams Millsite, White Mountain Mercury Lode, White Mountain Mercury Nos. 1-8, Mary Margie No. 1, Peggy Barbara, Chunitna Creek 1-2, Williams Lode Claim, Williams 1-8, Williams 12-14, Betty 1-4, Margie 1-2
Related records 10002600

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -154.84455, 62.18275 (WGS84)
Elevation 606
Location accuracy 500(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

McGrath A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stony River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 024 N 030 W 07 C NESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -154.84455, 62.18275

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB W016539

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Rdc 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.