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Slippery Headwaters West

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Mercury
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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 10160602
MRDS ID A002281
MAS/MILS ID 0020660048
Record type Site
Current site name Slippery Headwaters West
Alternate or previous names Merinser, Mineral Mt. 1-9, Mineral Mt. 7a, 7b, Slippery Creek Head, Mt. McKinley National Park

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -151.20426, 63.18765 (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

Denali A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 020 S 019 W 16 NENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -151.20426, 63.18765
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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