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Howard Bay Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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 10001366
MRDS ID A012107
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Bay Prospect
Alternate or previous names Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.06259, 58.29863 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SW(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

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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717-NO. J041 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.06259, 58.29863
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED 1921; CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORTED; CLAIMS: 1926-1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED SILVER-LEAD OREBODY CARRYING SOME ZINC; NO OTHER DATA
Deposit V. LITTLE DATA ON THIS SITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 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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