Lurvey

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10161338
MRDS ID	A012052
MAS/MILS ID	0021120143
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lurvey
Alternate or previous names	Lurvey Placer MS 114, No Pat #, Lurvey Placer MS 113, No Pat #, William Nelson
Related records	10001313

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-134.3312, 58.30145 (WGS84)
Elevation	579
Location accuracy	500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Copper River	041 S	068 E	20	SESENW	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-134.3312, 58.30145	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Placer
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Located Claim
Type of mineral rights	Patented

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0021120143
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A012052	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Ownership

ALASKA KARDEX 112-079
Deposit

B287 pp. 79-80
Deposit

B1139 p. 138
Deposit

MIRL 28 p. 123
Deposit

MF435
Deposit

REDMAN NEWSPAPER 1987p.22

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	USGS CRIB A001510 1881 discovered. 1889 some tunnelling done. 1898 acquired by Last Chance Hydraulic Mining Co 1899 tunnel driven to tap bottom of basin, 2 giants working, only a little gold recovered.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	13-JUL-1995	Wlg	U.S. Bureau of Mines