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Icy Bay

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, REE
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136625
MRDS ID A001366
MAS/MILS ID 0021070001
Record type Site
Current site name Icy Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -141.55233, 59.97686 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
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

Icy Bay D-2 and D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Icy Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Icy Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bering Glacier(hydrologic unit)

Gulf of Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 022 S 023 E 30 SWNESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -141.55233, 59.97686
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RI5986 pp. 18, 21-22

  • Deposit

    MF411

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Rdc 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.