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Slana River A

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258732
MRDS ID A002181
MAS/MILS ID 0020680135
Record type Site
Current site name Slana River A
Alternate or previous names Slana

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -144.29376, 63.05188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1310
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

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

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 015 N 006 E 28 W2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -144.29376, 63.05188
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mining district

District name Chistochina District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE CHALCOCITE FLOAT IN TALUS SLIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUL-1991 Mjn 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.