Mint

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209535
MRDS ID A012201
MAS/MILS ID 0020760002
Record type Site
Current site name Mint
Alternate or previous names Wertz, Harry, Mely, Thomas, Lovern, Shaw, John, Bradley, Waring, Portage Cr R L, Mint Mine, Cheechako Moose 1-5,7-30, Locke, Bernard, Wallman, John, Rl Portage River, Trudy, Judy, Ruby, Ella B, Thomas, Geo, Bryant, Fred, Portage Cr
Related records 10001453

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -149.36108, 62.86398 (WGS84)
Elevation 393
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 032 N 001 W 18 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -149.36108, 62.86398

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Description Minor Silver Ore 5400
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 167958.79g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1992 Jmk 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.