1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Nilsen

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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 10234055
MRDS ID A003135
MAS/MILS ID 0021140070
Record type Site
Current site name Nilsen
Alternate or previous names Universal Group ?, Nilson-Golden Group, Golden Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.30205, 57.98301 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest 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 045 S 056 E 11 SESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.30205, 57.98301
ListMap

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

Comments on the references

  • BACK-UP FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 CLAIMS 1923. RESTAKED AS GOLDEN GROUP 1954. NO ACTIVITY FOLLOWED EITHER STAKING. INACTIVE 1976. DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF QTZ VEINS IN DIORITE STOCK. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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