Wrangell District

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000291
MRDS ID D002181
Record type District
Current site name Wrangell District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.05184, 56.49975 (WGS84)
Relative position LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(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
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.05184, 56.49975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name WRANGELL DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAULT, H. R., ROSSMAN, D. L., FLINT, G. M., JR., AND RAY, R. G., 1953, SOME ZINC LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE WRANGELL DISTRICT, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 998B, PP 15 - 55

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey

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.