Copper Mountain

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185667
MRDS ID A010091
MAS/MILS ID 0021190057
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mountain
Alternate or previous names George W, Oregon, Chicago, Iowa, San Francisco Millsite, Indiana, Sourdough, Sola, New York, Dakota, Inverne, High Ore, Green Mountain, Maine, Maine Millsite, New Jersey, Monterey, Monterey Millsite, Ohio, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Washington, Alabama, Illinois, Miller Brothers
Related records 10000077

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -132.61069, 55.23143 (WGS84)
Elevation 910
Location accuracy 500(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

Craig A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

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 076 S 084 E 35 SWS2C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -132.61069, 55.23143

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles H. Todd
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    P1 pp. 105-107

  • Deposit

    B259d p. 64

  • Deposit

    B284e pp. 51-52

  • Deposit

    B314d p. 70

  • Deposit

    B345e p. 94

  • Deposit

    B347 pp. 96-98

  • Deposit

    B379d p. 82

  • Deposit

    B542c p. 33

  • Deposit

    B592e p. 84

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 41

  • Deposit

    P87 pp. 50, 55-58

  • Deposit

    B642d p. 91

  • Deposit

    B714a p. 17

  • Deposit

    MR191-5 p. 10

  • Deposit

    RI3952 p. 2

  • Deposit

    IC7844 p. 11

  • Deposit

    B1108B pp. 34-35

  • Deposit

    GC1 p. 10

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 171-172

  • Deposit

    SR1 p. 21

  • Deposit

    MF433

  • Deposit

    NEW ALASKAN 7609 p. 12

  • Deposit

    E&MJ 7905 p. 84, No. 238

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82 p. 11

Reporter information

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