Wixon

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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 10234022
MAS/MILS ID 0021190141
Record type Site
Current site name Wixon
Alternate or previous names Bear Lake, George Arwick, Peterson-Arwick-Wixon, Wixon Group, Cleveland and Peninsula

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -132.1176, 55.68034 (WGS84)
Elevation 430
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 071 S 087 E 29 SWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -132.1176, 55.68034

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Kmd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN WORKING IS A TRENCH EXPOSING NUMEROUS QTZ VEINS SOME VEINS CONTAIN CPY, GL, SPH, OTHERS ARE BARREN. PROSPECT OCCURS ON THE STEEP SLOPES WEST OF BEAR LAKE. CURRENTLY CLAIMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Kmm 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.