Divide 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 10258282
MRDS ID A011500
MAS/MILS ID 0020860105
Record type Site
Current site name Divide Creek
Alternate or previous names Canyon Creek, Nerelna Creek, Falls Creek, Surprise Creek
Related records 10000847

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -144.27752, 61.36324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 100(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 B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ahtna, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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 006 S 006 E 11 SESWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -144.27752, 61.36324

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 Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-135

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-136

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-137

  • Deposit

    B520f pp. 102-103

  • Deposit

    B576 p. 52

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 62-63

  • Deposit

    MF438

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A003751 USGS CRIB A003835

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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