West Cape

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209218
MRDS ID A002785
MAS/MILS ID 0020610006
Record type Site
Current site name West Cape

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -171.81569, 63.42411 (WGS84)
Elevation 121
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Lawrence C-6 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Lawrence SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Lawrence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 024 S 068 W 09 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -171.81569, 63.42411

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TDM5R pp. 35-36

  • Deposit

    MF465

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 Rdc 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.