Mountain View

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185328
MRDS ID A012288
MAS/MILS ID 0021200157
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View
Alternate or previous names Gray Copper Vein
Related records 10001541

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -130.05115, 55.98867 (WGS84)
Elevation 212
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 D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan NE(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 068 S 099 E 11 SWNESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -130.05115, 55.98867

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 75M
    Length 100M
    Width 1M
    Area 75HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50W:50N
    Total Surface Area (HA) 75
    Date of Last Modification 860926

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Hyder District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mineral Basin Mining Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Indicated 8137mt ore
    Demonstrated 8137mt ore
    Inferred 1415mt ore
    Total resources 9552mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.52 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1945
    Silver Ag 69.94 g/mt Silver Trace 1945
    Gold Au 1 g/mt Gold Trace 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERALS REPORT DRAFT 4506 p. 1

  • Deposit

    B722c pp. 138-139

  • Deposit

    B739a p. 21

  • Deposit

    B773d pp. 74, 76-77

  • Deposit

    B783b pp. 41-42, 54-55

  • Deposit

    B792a p. 31

  • Deposit

    B800 pp. 317, 324, 330, 358

  • Deposit

    B807 pp. 43, 63-67

  • Deposit

    B813a p. 16

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 17

  • Deposit

    B926C p. 171

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT DRAFT 4506

  • Deposit

    IC7379 pp. 42, 68-69

  • Deposit

    RI3944 pp. 1-10

  • Deposit

    RI4174 pp. 4-5, 36, 38, 45-49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WILL NOT SEPARATE BY FLOTATION OR GRAVITY USGS CRIB D002768

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1995 Rdc 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.