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Meier Lake

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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 10113049
MRDS ID A011841
MAS/MILS ID 0020770046
Record type Site
Current site name Meier Lake
Alternate or previous names Richardson Hwy.
Related records 10001147

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -145.49878, 62.82685 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gulkana D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Gulkana NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gulkana C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 012 N 001 W 18 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -145.49878, 62.82685
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GR13 p. 13

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 47

  • Deposit

    MF419

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ALASKA KARDEX.

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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