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Northern Copper Company

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, Zinc
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  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 10112948
MRDS ID A010323
MAS/MILS ID 0021170011
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Copper Company
Alternate or previous names Copper Bell- Buckhorn, Tower-Sunlight Claims, Kupernof Group, Treasure Box, Tuscarora, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Related records 10000279

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -133.3658, 56.90034 (WGS84)
Elevation 387
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(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)

Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 057 S 076 E 25 W2SENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -133.3658, 56.90034
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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 Patented
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: AMOCO MINERALS COMPANY 333 W. HAMPDEN ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80110

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MS 652 ISSUED 1907 ON 4 CLAIMS. PAT. #44523.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Clm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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