Neka Bay

Prospect 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. 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 10112764
MAS/MILS ID 0021120156
Record type Site
Current site name Neka Bay
Alternate or previous names Mud Bay Copper, Loken Copper, Bedlington, Grove and Loken

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -135.82284, 58.12472 (WGS84)
Elevation 550
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 043 S 059 E 19 NENWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -135.82284, 58.12472

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 Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LONEY AND OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P792) GEOLOGIC MAP. STAKED 1957. KNOWN TO BE ACTIVE THROUGH 1962. INACTIVE 1976. WORKINGS: TRENCHES & OPEN PITS. BEST CHANNEL SAMPLES: 4.5 TO 6.27% CU. QTZ VEINS CARRYING CHALCOPYRITE & MINOR PB, ZN & AG. DEPOSIT HAS REASONABLE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION.

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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