It

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233803
MRDS ID A010159
MAS/MILS ID 0021190137
Record type Site
Current site name It
Alternate or previous names Utah Construction and Mining Co., Bessie Group Ass'N, Shepard Group, Totem Exploration, Brown and Newell, William Shepherd, Sabi, Reed and Dean Claims, Reed, Prince of Wales Mining Co., Terry Nos. 1-3, Charles, Bessie Nos. 1-7, I.W. Sears, Theron Ecker, Mills Bay, Brown and Metzdorf, Eric Lindeman, Seventh Gate No. 1, D.C. Kennedy, Takahashi, Stanley Ecker, Walter Young, Granby Consolidated Smelting & Mng., N.W. Sweetzer, Shepherd Copper Mine, Charles Dunton, It Mining Co., Me, Eagles Nest, Taylor, Sea Island Copper Mng. Co., Granby Consolidated Mng, Alarm
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Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -132.47071, 55.57863 (WGS84)
Elevation 72
Location accuracy 100(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

Craig C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(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 072 S 084 E 36 NWSESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -132.47071, 55.57863

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • WORKING CAPITAL AND THE IR JCR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A000866 USGS CRIB A000739 USGS CRIB A000745 USGS CRIB A000720

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.

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.