| Deposit ID | 10307639 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alpine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -130.17374, 55.76377 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | The approximate location of this placer claim, known only from U. S. Bureau of Mines (1977) claim records, is at or near sea level on the west shore of Portland Canal, about 0.3 mile north of the mouth of Davis River. The site is at the boundary of sections 25 and 36, T. 70 S., R. 99 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 12 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is probably accurate within 0.3 mile. |
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
Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| (1) | -130.17374, 55.76377 |
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| Development status | Prospect |
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| District name | Hyder |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KC012 |
Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1977, Claim map, Ketchikan quadrangle: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 120, scale 1:250,000.
Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Other Comments = Site is a placer claim. It is in Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 29-JUN-99 | H.C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |
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