North Mosquito Flats

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10160948
MAS/MILS ID 0020690068
Record type Site
Current site name North Mosquito Flats

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -143.1091, 63.89333 (WGS84)
Elevation 1160
Location accuracy 100(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

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

Tanacross NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanacross(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 025 N 012 E 05 SESWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -143.1091, 63.89333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1981

Mining district

District name Forty Mile District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, C.H. DOYON EXPLORATION PROGRAM, BLOCKS 4,5,8, AND

  • Deposit

    22. DOYON LTD., FAIRBANKS, AK. REP. NO. 81-27, 1981, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    DASHEVSKY, S.S. DOYON EXPLORATION PROGRAM, BLOCK 8 - FORTY-

  • Deposit

    MILE, 1982. DOYON LTD., FAIRBANKS, AK. REP. NO. 83-01, 1983

  • Deposit

    P. 81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JAN-1995 Reb 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.