Douglas

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185823
MAS/MILS ID 0021140066
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas
Alternate or previous names Mount Douglas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.27284, 57.79831 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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)

West Chichagof-Yakobi 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 047 S 056 E 13 SWNENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.27284, 57.79831

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner El Paso Mining And Milling
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: EL PASO MINING & MILLING CO. PO BOX 1720 KETCHIKAN, ALASKA 99901

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 CLAIMS STAKED 1975. ASSUME CU LODE BASED ON ADJACENT SNOW SLIDE DEPOSIT. LOCATED IN TRIASSIC-JURASSIC GREENSCHIST UNIT. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

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.