Mcleod Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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 10112801
MRDS ID A010254
MAS/MILS ID 0021210005
Record type Site
Current site name Mcleod Bay
Alternate or previous names Daykoo Harbor, Elk, Virginia, Little Daykoo, Golden Chariot, Delaware, Elks Pup, New York, West Virginia
Related records 10000216

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -132.72957, 54.69412 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 500(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

Dixon Entrance C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(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 083 S 085 E 09 NENWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -132.72957, 54.69412

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ashley Canfield And Others
    Interest 100
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • AJ REPORT, 1944, 6 P (BACK-UP FILE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISC. 1900. INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE THRU 1944. RESTAKED 1967 & REMAINS ACTIVE TO PRESENT. 200FT, 265FT AND 1 SMALL ADITS; 2 SHAFTS <20FT; OPEN CUTS COMPOSED OF STRATFORM AURIFEROUS QTZ VEINS IN SCHIST. MINOR ORE OCCURS AS AURIFEROUS SULFIDES DISSEM. IN SCHIST SULFIDES ARE CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND PYRITE. VEINS PINCH & SWELL LATERALLY & VERTICALLY MAKING MINING OF RICHER ORE DIFFICULT.

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.