Rush and Brown

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Palladium, Platinum, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112669
MRDS ID A000871
MAS/MILS ID 0021190006
Record type Site
Current site name Rush and Brown
Alternate or previous names Scout Nos. 1-298, David C. Mccrillis, Rush Peak, Marvin Bever, Ra Nos. 7-17, Rd Nos. 1-18, Re Nos. 1-20, Young Family, W.B. Young Sr., Walter Young Jr., Edward Young Jr., Copper Cane, Coast Range Exploration Co., Juan Munoz, Pauls Creek, Karta Bay, Paul Young, Copper Came Group, East Rush Mtn., Warren C. Pellett, Alcan Exploration Inc., Anna No. 1, Rooster Nos. 1-14, Rush and Brown Nos. 1-4, 6-12, Salt Chuck Area, Prince of Wales Mng. Co., Alaska Gold and Metals, Utah Construction and Mng. Co., Solar Development Co., Mt. Andrew Mng. Co., Iron Cliff, Alaska Consol Copper, Shoo Fly Nos. 1-4, Chas. F. Herbert, Young, W.G. Mounts, Humble Oil, Paul Young Creek, Rb Nos. 1-17, Head of Kasaan Bay, Edward Young Sr., North Pole Hill Nos. 1-10, Walter and Felix Young, Rc Nos. 4-18

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -132.58871, 55.62613 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 072 S 084 E 18 NENWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -132.58871, 55.62613

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Platinum Inc.
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • ROEHM, 1943, P. 4-6, 11 (TDM IR JCR)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A000858 USGS CRIB A000851

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-88 Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

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