Clear Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282610
MRDS ID A001926
MAS/MILS ID 0020870063
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Creek
Alternate or previous names Copper Mountain Group, M.S. 918, Great Northern Development Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -143.84252, 61.62356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1555
Location accuracy 500(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

McCarthy C-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McCarthy NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McCarthy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chitina River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias 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 003 S 009 E 07 SESWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -143.84252, 61.62356

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Northern Development Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit M.S. 918 ISSUED 1916 ON 1165.08 ACRES - PAT#541521 (INCLUDES CLAIMS LOCATED IN VALDEZ QUADRANGLE). SEVERAL ADITS 1914-1916; ALTERED VEINS AS MUCH AS 2 M WIDE ALONG FAULTS THAT CUT NIKOLAI GREENSTONE AND GRANODIORITE; PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN VEINS AND AS DISSEMINATIONS IN GRANODIORITE AND GREENSTONE; RECENT EXPLORATION INTEREST (MF 773B).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Rdc 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.