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Mountain Top

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
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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. 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 10161347
MRDS ID A001612
MAS/MILS ID 0021200003
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Top
Alternate or previous names Gertrude, Gold Mountain Group, Annex, Annie, Fannie, Gold Dollar, Jewel, Starry Banner

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -131.99509, 55.61834 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
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

Ketchikan C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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 072 S 087 E 24 NENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -131.99509, 55.61834
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Kmd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS OCCUR ON SUMMIT. MNLZN SEEN IN TRENCHES NEAR SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 120-001

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 120-019

  • Deposit

    P1 pp. 57, 58

  • Deposit

    B284e pp. 44-45

  • Deposit

    B592e pp. 85-86

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 42

  • Deposit

    B1024F pp. 137-140

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JAN-1993 Kmm 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.