Lime Peak Tin

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium
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. 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 10281605
MRDS ID A012245
MAS/MILS ID 0020500375
Record type Site
Current site name Lime Peak Tin
Alternate or previous names Rocky Mountain, Mount Prindle, Table Mountain, Pinnell Mountain
Related records 10001498, 10209513

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -146.7586, 65.63301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1543
Location accuracy 100(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

Circle C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White Mountains National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 009 N 005 E 05 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -146.7586, 65.63301

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mining district

District name Circle District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 9037

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 31-85

  • Deposit

    ADGGS, 1987

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 12-89

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 9180

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. LAND CLOSED TO MINERAL ENTRY. THE NAME "LIME PEAK" WAS CHANGED TO "ROCKY MOUNTAIN" AND APPEARS AS SUCH ON USGS MAPS PRINTED AFTER 1982. RESERVE/RESOURCE DATA IS BASED ON ADGGS ESTIMATES AND IS INCLUSIVE OF THE ENTIRE LIME PEAK-MT. PRINDLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 Buteyn 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.