Mount Prindle

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281786
MRDS ID A012255
MAS/MILS ID 0020500251
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Prindle
Alternate or previous names Biltiki, Diktiki, Buztiki, Bobtiki, Free, Brutiki
Related records 10001508

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -146.39327, 65.45531 (WGS84)
Elevation 915
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Steese National Conservation Area(National Conservation Area)

National Conservation Area BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 007 N 007 E 07 N2N2N2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -146.39327, 65.45531

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Mining district

District name Circle District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mapco, Inc.
    Home office Oklahoma
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Resource Exploration Consultants
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: MAPCO, INC. 1800 SOUTH BALTIMORE AVE. TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119 TELE: (918) 584-4471

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 050-401

  • Deposit

    E&MJ 7905 p. 81, No. 78

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82

  • Deposit

    SR31 p. 9

  • Deposit

    SR38 p. 44, No. 50

  • Deposit

    ADGGS. 1987

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OFR 12-89

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OFR 130-77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION AT MT. PRINDLE IS SIMILAR TO, BUT NOT AS ANOMALOUS AS THAT AT NEARBY LIME PEAK. MANY REPORTS INCLUDE MT. PRINDLE WHEN DISCUSSING THE LIME PEAK AREA. RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED IN LIME PEAK FILE (0020500375

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-MAY-1991 Rdc 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.