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Cook's Mining

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209003
MAS/MILS ID 0020490164
Record type Site
Current site name Cook's Mining

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -147.24125, 65.06778 (WGS84)
Elevation 419
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(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 003 N 002 E 24 SESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -147.24125, 65.06778
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Cook
    ID 5001491
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reference

    MSHA REP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-1988 Kmm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/20/1999
MSHA mine ID5001491
Mine name (MSHA)Cook'S Mining
Current operatorCook'S Mining
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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