Glacier Lake

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, PGE, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185779
MRDS ID A011795
MAS/MILS ID 0020680117
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Lake
Alternate or previous names Glacier Lk
Related records 10096777

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -145.66383, 63.35246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 018 S 011 E 16 SWNWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -145.66383, 63.35246

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962

Mining district

District name Delta River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GR2 pp. 67-74

  • Deposit

    GR14 pp. 25, 32-33

  • Deposit

    MF414

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN GRANODIORITE/QUARTZ DIORITE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1991 Mjn 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.