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Three Mile Canyon

Past Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000363
MRDS ID A010429
Record type Site
Current site name Three Mile Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.13581, 61.0002 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE DUE WEST PRICE CREEK INLET TO BREMNER RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach Alaska Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THREE MILE CANYON LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = VALDEZ 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ANALYTICAL DATA AVAILABLE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.13581, 61.0002
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1911

Mining district

District name Nizina District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER SLUICED WITH WATER FROM SMALL STREAM; PRICE CREEK ALSO BEING WORKED IN SIMILAR MANNER IN 1911

Comments on development

  • NO MENTION OF CLAIM (S) FILED IN THE LITERATURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GLACIOFLUVIAL SAND BEARING FINE GOLD; GRAVEL TERRACES ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DATA AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCALITY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Garrison, Michael T. (Elliott, R. L.) 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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