Eagle River

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282475
MRDS ID A012017
MAS/MILS ID 0021120084
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle River
Alternate or previous names Amelia, Eagle River Mining Co., Sandstone & Ward, Amalga, Thane Et Al
Related records 10001286

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -134.77703, 58.57145 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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 038 S 064 E 24 NWNENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -134.77703, 58.57145

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
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

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 112-041

  • Deposit

    B259d p. 54

  • Deposit

    B284e p. 35

  • Deposit

    B287 pp. 130-131

  • Deposit

    B314d p. 57

  • Deposit

    B345e p. 89

  • Deposit

    B379d pp. 70-71

  • Deposit

    B442d p. 138

  • Deposit

    B480e p. 97

  • Deposit

    B502

  • Deposit

    B520c p. 26

  • Deposit

    B542c p. 32

  • Deposit

    B592d p. 59

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 41

  • Deposit

    B622f p. 101

  • Deposit

    B642d pp. 76-77

  • Deposit

    MR112-5

  • Deposit

    BMB142 pp. 35, 52

  • Deposit

    BMB153 p. 23

  • Deposit

    B662d p. 77

  • Deposit

    B712a p. 30

  • Deposit

    B864A p. 17

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 360629 pp. 9-10

  • Deposit

    PE112-2

  • Deposit

    MR191-5

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 134

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 158

  • Deposit

    MIRL 28 p. 119

  • Deposit

    MF435

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-17

  • Deposit

    REDMAN NEWSPAPER 1987p. 10

Comments on the references

  • TREADWELL, 1919, P.3-4. (AJ-112)

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.

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

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