Basket

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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 10209520
MAS/MILS ID 0021140012
Record type Site
Current site name Basket
Alternate or previous names Basket Bay Marble

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -134.89919, 57.65393 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka C-3 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sitka NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 049 S 065 E 01 SENENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -134.89919, 57.65393

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORD OF CLAIM STAKING. FIRST GEOLOGIC REFERENCE 1914. COMPOSED OF AN ENORMOUS BODY OF MARBLE WITHIN THE KENNEL CREEK LIMESTONE. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Map 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.