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Bayview

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282959
MRDS ID A000651
MAS/MILS ID 0020960005
Record type Site
Current site name Bayview
Alternate or previous names Solomon Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -146.26534, 60.9957 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 500(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

Cordova D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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
Copper River 010 S 006 W 15 SWSESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -146.26534, 60.9957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 881017

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B692h pp. 165, 171

  • Deposit

    I453

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 66, 68.

  • Deposit

    B1139 363 pp.

  • Deposit

    MIRL 27 p. 101.

  • Deposit

    GR15 p. 12.

  • Deposit

    BMOF69-73

  • Deposit

    B692b p. 17.

  • Deposit

    MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V-36).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit See file number 0020860076

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-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

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