Red Bottom

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233580
MAS/MILS ID 0020920027
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bottom

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -158.97918, 60.59374 (WGS84)
Elevation 685
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taylor Mountains C-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Taylor Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holitna River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 006 N 055 W 19 SENWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -158.97918, 60.59374

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • CLAIM LOCATED 1970. ASSESSMENT WORK THRU 1974.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 Prb 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.