Muskomee Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, PGE, Silver
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282392
MAS/MILS ID 0021270001
Record type Site
Current site name Muskomee Bay
Alternate or previous names Wonscheele, George Cornelius, Emil Knudson, Keco Wonder No. 1, Donald Petacchi, Harold Lawhead, Kodiak Exploration, Orson Stillman, Muskomee Bay No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -153.06918, 58.09941 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Afognak A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Afognak SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Afognak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(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
Seward 024 S 023 W 17 C SENE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON ALASKA NATIVE LAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -153.06918, 58.09941

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kodiak Region

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-AUG-1991 Sbh 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.