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Silver Gem

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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 10234081
MRDS ID A011452
MAS/MILS ID 0020860030
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Gem
Alternate or previous names I.X.L., Shoup Bay Mining Co., Spanish, Dorothy
Related records 10000803

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -146.62196, 61.13709 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
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

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoup Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)

State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 008 S 008 W 35 NWNENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -146.62196, 61.13709
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-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 State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-062

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-070

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-071

  • Deposit

    B520h p. 123

  • Deposit

    B520h p. 124

  • Deposit

    B622j pp. 152, 157, 179

  • Deposit

    B649 p. 61

  • Deposit

    MF438

  • Deposit

    B1139 363pp

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 66, 68

  • Deposit

    MR32

  • Deposit

    BMOF69-73

  • Deposit

    OF80-892B

  • Deposit

    MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V54).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHIPMENT OF ORE MILLED AT VALDEZ CA. 1915 (B 662). USGS CRIB A003744 USGS CRIB A003773 USGS CRIB A003824 USGS CRIB A003828

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-1988 Mirl-Dwb 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.