Moonshine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. 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 10137099
MRDS ID A010049
MAS/MILS ID 0021190090
Record type Site
Current site name Moonshine
Alternate or previous names Moonshine Nos. 1-18, E.A. Knapp, Alaska Galena, Chomley Mng. Co., James A. Walper, Research, Polymetal
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Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -132.37149, 55.20143 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootznoowoo, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 077 S 087 E 07 SWSWSW Alaska

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -132.37149, 55.20143

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 119-033

  • Deposit

    P1 p. 88

  • Deposit

    B314d p. 72

  • Deposit

    B345e p. 97

  • Deposit

    B347 pp. 187-188

  • Deposit

    B379d pp. 83-84

  • Deposit

    B480e p. 102

  • Deposit

    B520c p. 26

  • Deposit

    B542c pp. 33-34

  • Deposit

    B642d p. 82

  • Deposit

    B739a p. 20

  • Deposit

    B755a p. 16

  • Deposit

    MR191-1A

  • Deposit

    B792a p. 30

  • Deposit

    B800 pp. 327, 367-368

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 420524 p. 111

  • Deposit

    MR191-5 p. 6

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 75

  • Deposit

    ADGS AR 1966a p. 54

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 173

  • Deposit

    SR1 p. 23

  • Deposit

    B1246

  • Deposit

    MIRL 28 p. 93

  • Deposit

    MF433

  • Deposit

    OF78-869 pp. 137-138

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-65

  • Deposit

    MR195-3 p. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A000867

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 Wlg-Mirl 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.