Kletsan Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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 10233870
MRDS ID A001951
MAS/MILS ID 0020870101
Record type Site
Current site name Kletsan Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -141.00524, 61.62471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1267
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

McCarthy NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McCarthy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 003 S 024 E 11 SWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -141.00524, 61.62471

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 087-099

  • Deposit

    AR20f pp. 488-489

  • Deposit

    AR21b pp. 379-381

  • Deposit

    B213 p. 148

  • Deposit

    P15 pp. 40-42

  • Deposit

    B314b p. 28

  • Deposit

    B379j pp. 175-176

  • Deposit

    B417 p. 57

  • Deposit

    B622k p. 226

  • Deposit

    B630 pp. 90, 120, 124-125

  • Deposit

    GC21 p. 13

  • Deposit

    MF395

  • Deposit

    MF773B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT CU NUGGETS IN GRAVELS OF KLETSAN CREEK; PARTS OF CREEK, MAINLY IN CANADA, HAVE BEEN STAKED FOR PLACER CU (MF 773B).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Dwb 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.