Grandview Purkeypile

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136793
MRDS ID A003449
MAS/MILS ID 0020750014
Record type Site
Current site name Grandview Purkeypile
Alternate or previous names Little Mountain, Hogback, Wonder, Grandview, Mespelt, Purkeypile, Lead, Basin, Scenic, Boulder Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -152.21676, 62.89172 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Kuskokwim River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 032 N 016 W 02 SESWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -152.21676, 62.89172

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Mining district

District name Mc Grath District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Grandview Exploration
    ID 5000062
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • USGS CRIB A003449. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAY-1991 Djb 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.