Walker Lake

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Calcium
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137060
MAS/MILS ID 0021090065
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Lake
Alternate or previous names The Gray Marble

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.15903, 59.39834 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 028 S 054 E 36 SENWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.15903, 59.39834

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • CLAIM STAKED 1973. CLAIM ACTIVE 1976. ECONOMICS OF CALCITE BASED UPON NEED FOR FLUX AT KLUKWAN SMELTER.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner E. G. Down

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-86 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.