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Copper Junction

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161206
MAS/MILS ID 0021140091
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Junction

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.29095, 57.99831 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

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 045 S 056 E 02 NWSWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.29095, 57.99831
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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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. W. Breseman
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: JOHN W. BRESEMAN BOX 600 PELICAN, ALASKA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 CLAIM STAKED 1956. ABANDONED. RESTAKED 1974. ACTIVE 1976. DEPOSIT IN DIORITIC COUNTRY ROCK. ROSSMAN, 1959, PLATE 12 (B1058) LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, P. 91 & PLATE 1 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map 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

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