Alaska Silver King

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186030
MAS/MILS ID 0021120155
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Silver King
Alternate or previous names Silver King, Foto

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -135.44095, 58.44973 (WGS84)
Elevation 326
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern 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 039 S 060 E 36 SENWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -135.44095, 58.44973

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • THORNE, R.L., 1949, USBM AFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPROX 1 TON ORE SHIPPED TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 1938 OR 1939. REPORTED ORE VALUES AT OVER 100 OZ/TON AG. ORE FROM NARROW LENSE ABOUT 20 FT LONG. GRAVITY TRAM TO ROAD (3000 FT) THEN 2 MI. BY GRAVEL ROAD T O DEEP WATER DOCK. ROAD & DOCK IN GOOD CONDITION IN 1976. FOTO CLAIM IS PORTION OF OLD ALASKA SILVER KING CLAIMS. ALASKA SILVER KING COMPOSED OF 4 LODE CLAIMS. PROPERTY IN EXCURSION INLET MILITARY RESERVE. COMPOSED OF HIGH GRADE SULFIDE LENSES IN E-W FRACTURES ASSO- CIATED WITH OLDER N-S FRACTURE PATTERN WHICH EXTENDS MANY MI NORTH. PROPERTY NEEDS FURTHER EXP. ON PARALLEL VEINS, DEPTH OF MINE RALIZATION & PROOF OF SIMILAR HIGH GRADE LENSES.

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.

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.