J&K

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258085
MRDS ID A003441
MAS/MILS ID 0020750016
Record type Site
Current site name J&K
Alternate or previous names Purkeypile, Jiles-Knudsen, Grandview, Boulder Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -152.15456, 62.90093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1040
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Kuskokwim River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 033 N 015 W 32 E2SWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -152.15456, 62.90093

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Mining district

District name Mc Grath District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • USGS CRIB A003449. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION. THIS CLAIM IS OFTEN GROUPED WITH THE PROSPECTS KNOWN AS THE PURKEYPILE OR BOULDER CREEK PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAY-1991 Djb 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.