Forty Mile River, South Fork

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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 10233693
MAS/MILS ID 0020600032
Record type Site
Current site name Forty Mile River, South Fork

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -141.76798, 64.08086 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fortymile River WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 027 N 019 E 31 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -141.76798, 64.08086

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • FOR BIB. SEE FORTY MILE RIVER AND MOSQUITO FORK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mirl-Mjn 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.