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Sand Point

Past Producer 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 10282470
MRDS ID A002680
MAS/MILS ID 0021380008
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Point
Alternate or previous names Herman Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -160.51492, 55.30984 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Moller B-2 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Unga Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Moller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Shumagin Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 056 S 073 W 28 NENENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -160.51492, 55.30984
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 138-008

  • Deposit

    B259h p. 101

  • Deposit

    B379b p. 52

  • Deposit

    B379h p. 149

  • Deposit

    B467 pp. 20, 125

  • Deposit

    B520c p. 37

  • Deposit

    B542c p. 43

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 47

  • Deposit

    B773a p. 23

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A002679 USGS CRIB A002679

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh 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.