Unnamed (southwest foot of Reindeer Hills)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307565
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (southwest foot of Reindeer Hills)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.84282, 63.3896 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is at an elevation of about 2,500 feet at the southwest foot of the Reindeer Hills. The map site is about a mile north of the Golden North Airport, in the N1/2 of sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 7 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The accuracy of the location is within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ahtna, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.84282, 63.3896

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this prospect are Lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic metagraywacke and argillite, cut by Tertiary granite and other felsic intrusive rocks. No other information about this prospect has been made public. The closest lode prospect (HE145) is a Cu-Mo porphyry deposit.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = There has been surface exploration only; no assays or deposit description have been made public.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This record

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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.