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Blue Bucket

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112487
MRDS ID A012314
MAS/MILS ID 0021200137
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bucket
Related records 10094028

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -131.96709, 55.59284 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan NW(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 UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 072 S 088 E 29 SWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -131.96709, 55.59284
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Kmd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 120-092

  • Deposit

    B347 pp. 156-157

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXHALITE; SILICEOUS CHLORITE SCHIST WITH DISSEM PY, CPY AND GOLD. MNLZN EXPOSED IN SHORT ADIT ON BEACH. CPY EXPOSED SOUTH OF ADIT ON BEACH. GL IN QTZ-CALC VEIN 200-300 YARDS NORTH OF ADIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-1993 Kmm U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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