Red Top

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112813
MRDS ID W016496
MAS/MILS ID 0021110097
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top
Alternate or previous names Red Top No. 1-2, Red Top Nos. 1-2, Red Top Property, Red Top Nos. 1-8, Doc Silvers, George Comstock, M. G. Clouse, Anita Garnick, C. R. Murphy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.47708, 58.38282 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
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

Mount Fairweather B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 040 S 054 E 22 NESESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Andesine Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.47708, 58.38282

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-011

  • Deposit

    PE111-3

  • Deposit

    B1121K p. 50

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 18-19, 33, 38, 67

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 plates 1A, 1B, 2

Comments on the references

  • RATAJ, 1975, NO. 111 (BM UNPB NOTES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Wlg 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.