Rockpile

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold, Iron, Silver, Sulfur
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185552
MAS/MILS ID 0020860095
Record type Site
Current site name Rockpile
Alternate or previous names Isaac N. Woodman, Russell Hoffman, Tiny, Rainbow, O'Brien Creek, Tonsina Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.52256, 61.43352 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 005 S 002 W 14 NENESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.52256, 61.43352

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-008

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Wlg 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.