Coronation Island

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258349
MRDS ID A010072
MAS/MILS ID 0021190037
Record type Site
Current site name Coronation Island
Alternate or previous names Judy No. 1 Thru 116, George Moerlein
Related records 10000062

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -134.34498, 55.91391 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iphigenia Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Coronation Island Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 069 S 072 E 03 SWNESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -134.34498, 55.91391

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 119-150

  • Deposit

    B347 pp. 190-191

  • Deposit

    B642d pp. 98-99

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 400524 pp. 16-17

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 420801 pp. 20-21

  • Deposit

    MR191-5 pp. 7, 10-11

  • Deposit

    B963A pp. 38-40

  • Deposit

    OF51 p. 67

  • Deposit

    C248 p. 11

  • Deposit

    B1058A p. 24

  • Deposit

    B1108B pp. 35-36

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 188-189

  • Deposit

    B1246

  • Deposit

    B1260K p. 23

  • Deposit

    MIRL 28 p. 81

  • Deposit

    MF433

  • Deposit

    OF78-869

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-47

  • Deposit

    MR195-3 pp. 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB W016526 ORIGINAL OWNER, CORONATION ISLAND MNG. CO. 1902. OVER 100 TONS ORE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1908. WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 TUNNELS: 162 FEET LONG AT 980 FEET EL., 510 FT. LONG AT 860 EL. AND 110 FT. LONG AT 700 EL. GALENA ORE WITH TETRAHEDRITE AND SPHALERITE IN A LIMESTONE COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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