Heckman

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185920
MRDS ID A012330
MAS/MILS ID 0021200017
Record type Site
Current site name Heckman
Alternate or previous names Moonshine Group
Related records 10094032

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -131.61847, 55.28974 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ketchikan Gateway(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 076 S 091 E 08 W2SESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -131.61847, 55.28974

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 120-043

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 120-044

  • Deposit

    P1 p. 62

  • Deposit

    B347 p. 179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001640

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-93 Peb 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.