Brown Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185395
MAS/MILS ID 0021140035
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -134.11865, 57.49144 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Admiralty Island National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Kootznoowoo Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 050 S 070 E 36 NESWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Dgb

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 National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B259d p. 56

  • Deposit

    B287 p. 151

  • Deposit

    I323

  • Deposit

    GC1 pp. 13-14

  • Deposit

    GC6 pp. 47, 49

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 141

  • Deposit

    GC8 pp. 4, 19

  • Deposit

    MF467

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE AROUND 1900. ABANDONED BY 1905. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. WORKINGS: 25FT OPEN CUT & SEVERAL SMALL PITS. COMPOSED OF QTZ STRINGERS & SMALL PYRITE & CHALCOPYRITE MASSES PARTIALLY REPLACING BRECCIATED LS. LOCATED IN CALC-SCHIST UNIT OF GAMBIER BAY FORMATION. LATHRAM & OTHERS, 1965, PLATE 1 (B1181-R) GEOLOGIC MAP. LONEY, 1964, PLATE 1 & 2 (B1178) GEOLOGIC MAP. NO ALASKA KARDEX.

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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