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Bears Nest Claim

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001310
MRDS ID A012049
Record type Site
Current site name Bears Nest Claim
Related records 10209594

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.38339, 58.26864 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position PROPERTY JUST N OF TREADWELL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717, FIG. 1, NO. J196 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.38339, 58.26864
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • STAKED IN 1881; DEVELOPMENT 1888-1889; NO WORKABLE ORE DISCOVERED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STONE, DAVID AND STONE, BRENDA, 1980, HARD ROCK GOLD, THE STORY OF THE GREAT MINES THAT WERE THE HEARTBEAT OF JUNEAU: SEATTLE, WA, VANGUARD PRESS INC., P. 86

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 85-717, P. 209

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-85-717-196

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LOW GRADE DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT; MAINLY OF HISTORICAL INTEREST, SEE GENERAL COMMENTS
Deposit PROPERTY WAS REPUTEDLY SALTED IN 1888 AND SOLD TO THE ALASKA GOLD COMPANY FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS; 80 STAMP MILL INSTALLED AND A 1200 FT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN BEFORE DISCOVERY THAT ORE AVERAGED ONLY 41 CENTS/TON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (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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