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J and L

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307638
Record type Site
Current site name J and L

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.21775, 55.88177 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is known only from U.S. Bureau (1977) claim records. Its approximate location is at an elevation of about 2900 feet on a mountainside facing the southwest shore of an unnamed lake, about 8 miles west-southwest of Hyder. The site is in section 15, T. 69 S., R. 99 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 11 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is probably accurate within about 0.2 mile.

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

Ketchikan D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.21775, 55.88177
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this site is quartz monzonite of the Eocene Hyder Quartz Monzonite batholith (Smith, 1977; Berg and others, 1988). According to U.S. Bureau of Mines claim records (1977), this prospect, which appears to be in (Hyder) quartz monzonite, was staked for Cu, and possibly for Mo. No other information about this prospect has been made public.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Hyder

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1977; Elliott and others, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-99 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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