Wilson Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112834
MRDS ID A010560
MAS/MILS ID 0020950006
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Bay
Alternate or previous names Glacier Nos. 1-14, Horseshoe Nos. 1-24, Iron Mountain Nos.7,15-18, 20, 21
Related records 10000397

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -147.91361, 60.04675 (WGS84)
Elevation 7
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward A-3 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seward SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 001 S 009 E 33 C S2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -147.91361, 60.04675

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATORY CORE DRILLING 1957, 1958.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-MAY-1988 Clough, Al 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.