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Checkerboard

Prospect 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112389
MAS/MILS ID 0021140067
Record type Site
Current site name Checkerboard
Alternate or previous names Lucky Boy, Aven Quartz

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.01032, 57.60531 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 049 S 059 E 19 NWNESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.01032, 57.60531
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BM UNPB

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS 1928. CLAIMS LAPSED. RESTAKED AS 4 CLAIMS 1947. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. INACTIVE 1976. LOCATED IN SITKA GRAYWACKE. ASSUME AU LODE AS MANY IN SITKA GRAYWACKE IN VICINITY. REED & COATS, 1941, PLATE 3 (B929) GEOLOGIC MPA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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