Dundas Bay Copper

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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 10136539
MRDS ID A013190
MAS/MILS ID 0021110065
Record type Site
Current site name Dundas Bay Copper
Related records 10002286

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.28677, 58.35192 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather B-1 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

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 055 E 35 C SESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) KJse

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 National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 30, 36, 40, 48, 79

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    OF78-494

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORD OF CLAIMS. CU-BEARING QTZ VEINS ALONG FOLIATION PLANE IN CATACLASTIC BIOTITE QUARTZ DIORITE. CU .1% & MO .03%. AVG VALUES LESS. NO ALASKA KARDEX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-1995 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.