Gardner & Mclean Bays

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282594
MRDS ID A002686
MAS/MILS ID 0021220001
Record type Site
Current site name Gardner & Mclean Bays

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -131.99756, 54.80803 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prince Rupert D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Duke Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prince Rupert(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern 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 081 S 090 E 32 W2NWNE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MOST PROSPECTS AT SEA LEVEL BUT REF. POINT AT 850 FT. PROSPECTS OCCUR WITHIN 3 KM OF REFERENCE POINT LOCATION. BLASTING, DRILLING & EXP. TUNNEL ON CLAIMS AT MOUTH OF GARDN ER BAY 1957 & 1958. RADIOACTIVES SPARSE IN PEGMATITE DIKES, LENSES & PODS CLAIMS LAST ACTIVE IN 1958.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Ogi

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 Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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