1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Adams Inlet

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258608
MRDS ID A013177
MAS/MILS ID 0021110052
Record type Site
Current site name Adams Inlet
Alternate or previous names Jas. Bjorn, Jas. Bjon, Spring Maid No. 1 and 2, Pay Nos. 1 and 2, Bjorn Nos. 1 and 2, Miller Nos. 1 and 2, Wood Nos. 1 and 2, Adams Glacier, Muir Inlet
Related records 10002273

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.05769, 58.85723 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather D-1 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Glacier Bay 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
Copper River 035 S 056 E 03 SESWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.05769, 58.85723
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-023

  • Deposit

    B800 p. 330

  • Deposit

    B926C p. 178

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 41-42, 73

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 p. 5

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 plates 1A, 1B, 2

Comments on the references

  • RATAJ, 1975, P. 3 (USBM UNPB NOTES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.