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Decker & West

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  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 10233563
MRDS ID A001199
MAS/MILS ID 0021210041
Record type Site
Current site name Decker & West
Alternate or previous names Arm, Ard, Barbara, Dorothy, Last

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -132.02676, 54.77193 (WGS84)
Elevation 60
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixon Entrance D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 082 S 090 E 07 NWNESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -132.02676, 54.77193
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • CLAIM IN 1914. NO ACTIVITY SINCE UNTIL 1966 WHEN A 294-CLAIM BLOCK WAS STAKED OVER WHOLE AREA. ACTIVE TO PRESENT (1977). COMPOSED OF CU IN PORPHYRITIC GRANITIC COUNTRY ROCK. MACKEVETT, 1963, PLATE 1 (B1154)

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James A. Walper
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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