Sunshine

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136701
MAS/MILS ID 0020680040
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine
Alternate or previous names Sunshine Nos. 1-7, Northland Mines, Maclaren River, David Fell, Aplo Minerals Inc., Greenstone Nos. 1-2, Apex Nos. 2o, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50,56

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -146.46384, 63.23435 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 019 S 007 E 29 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -146.46384, 63.23435

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1974

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 068-161

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 068-167

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 34-90

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 1-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-SEP-1992 Jmk 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.