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Surge Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel
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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. 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 10258589
MRDS ID A002117
MAS/MILS ID 0021110080
Record type Site
Current site name Surge Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.53956, 58.01911 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Fairweather SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 044 S 054 E 26 SESWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.53956, 58.01911
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-015

  • Deposit

    B692

  • Deposit

    B800 p. 373

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 CLAIM STAKED 1923. NO WORK SINCE. CLAIM INACTIVE 1976. COMPOSED OF PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE & CHALCOPYRITE IN ULTRABASICS OR GABBROIC VARIANTS. LONEY AND OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map 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

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