Cook Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10112980
MAS/MILS ID 0021140175
Record type Site
Current site name Cook Prospect
Alternate or previous names Coronado

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -134.07415, 57.52054 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 1000(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

Sitka C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Admiralty Island National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Kootznoowoo 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 050 S 071 E 19 SWNESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -134.07415, 57.52054

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE AROUND 1900. ABANDONED BY 1905. RESTAKED 1957. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. ONLY SLIGHT DEVELOPMENT WORK. COMPOSED OF STRINGERS & SMALL MASSES OF QTZ, PYRITE & CHALCOPYRITE IN MARBLE UNIT OF GAMBIER BAY FORMATION. LATHRAM & OTHERS, 1965, PLATE 1 (B1181-R) GEOLOGIC MAP.

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.