Middle Fork White River

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 10283038
MAS/MILS ID 0020870089
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Fork White River
Alternate or previous names Northern Commercial Co., Alaska Natazhat Mining Co., M.S. 920

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -141.90938, 61.72829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McCarthy NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McCarthy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 002 S 019 E 02 SENWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) g

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
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Alaska
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MS 920 ISSUED 1913, 164 ACRES - PAT#349473. FORECLOSED 1957. OLD PROSPECT IN CU-STAINED NIKOLAI GREENSTONE (MF 773B).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 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.