Juneau District

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000287
MRDS ID D002174
Record type District
Current site name Juneau District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.352, 58.28305 (WGS84)
Relative position LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.352, 58.28305

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name JUNEAU DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A.C., 1906, THE JUNEAU GOLD BELT, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 287 PP 1 - 38, 48 - 121

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H. FOSTER, 1946, ALASKA'S MINERALS AS A BASIS FOR INDUSTRY: USGS INF. CIRC. 7379, PP 12 - 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey

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.