Tin Cup

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
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 10233507
MRDS ID A003680
MAS/MILS ID 0020430034
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Cup

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -165.26591, 65.70492 (WGS84)
Elevation 303
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 004 N 032 W 35 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -165.26591, 65.70492

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • CLAIM BLOCK CONSISTS OF 82 CLAIMS. CLAIMS LOCATED 10/05/78 AND RECORDED 10/17/78.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Texasgulf, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: TEXAS GULF, INC. 200 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 TELE: (212) 972-5000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.