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Salt Island

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10207830
MRDS ID A000184
MAS/MILS ID 0021480001
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -174.64404, 52.17145 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atka C-2 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atka NE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 092 S 179 W Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -174.64404, 52.17145
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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 National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORD EVER CLAIMED. NATIVES FORMERLY MINED NATIVE COPPER. COPPER PROBABLY OCCURS IN AN AMYGDALOIDAL LAVA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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