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Alaska Rand

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10258174
MRDS ID A012088
MAS/MILS ID 0021120069
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Rand
Alternate or previous names Brown Bear
Related records 10001347

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -134.74511, 58.16784 (WGS84)
Elevation 1
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau A-3 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

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 043 S 065 E 02 SENWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -134.74511, 58.16784
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PE112-12 pp. 1-3

  • Deposit

    MIRL 28 p. 114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVEN CLAIMS EXTEND FOR LENGTH OF 4500 FT. (FILED BY THOMAS IN 1922 CLAIM FILED BY DAMOURETTE & THOMAS LENSES OF GREENSCHIST IN PHYLLITE WITH QUARTZ LENSES IN THE WITH MAX WIDTH OF 4 TO 6 FT. A 30 FT. ADIT & 2 OPEN CUTS. GOLD AT $1.00 PER TON. PYRITE & ARSENOPYRITE IN QUARTZ. GR ANKERITE, AND CALCITE ASSOCIATED WITH PHYLLITE.

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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