Alaska Copper Mines

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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 10210068
MAS/MILS ID 0020860128
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Copper Mines
Alternate or previous names Sport Nos. 2-3, Scott Simenstad, Kotsina River, Copper Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -144.04194, 61.70995 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 002 S 008 E 07 SESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -144.04194, 61.70995

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-153

  • Deposit

    SP5 pp. 84-85

  • Deposit

    P15 pp. 18, 21-22

  • Deposit

    P41 pp. 94, 97

  • Deposit

    B345h pp. 144-145

  • Deposit

    B374 p. 22

  • Deposit

    B622g pp. 111-112

  • Deposit

    B745 pp. 101-102

  • Deposit

    MR193-1 pp. 2-4

  • Deposit

    B797a p. 36

  • Deposit

    B810a pp. 46-47

  • Deposit

    B813a p. 54

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 60

  • Deposit

    B836a p. 63

  • Deposit

    B897A p. 41

  • Deposit

    B947G pp. 126-129

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Wlg 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.