Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000365
MRDS ID A010431
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.26921, 60.99961 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 9 MILES WEST METEORITE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordova D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT 2500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AT HEAD OF SOLOMON GULCH; ONE AND ONE HALF MILES SOUTH OF MIDAS MINE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO COMMODITY INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Ovca Group
    Rock description Ovca Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.26921, 60.99961

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bayview (Co.)

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • NO EXPL/DEV INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DIMENSIONAL INFOMRATION CONCERNING DEPOSIT GEOMETRY AVAILABLE
Deposit OTHER SOLOMON GULCH PROSPECTS IN VALDEZ QUAD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.