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Copper (commodity) from
Whalen and Nelson Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Commodity:Copper (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Copper (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whalen and Nelson Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1196098
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1196098:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Copper (commodity)
9.3km (5.8 miles) Fidalgo Mining Co. Mine, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) Dead Creek Prospect (prospect), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Schlosser Mine (Epsilon 1-2; Porcupine; Agnes; Sandy; Eureka; Tony C; Smoky; Rex; Buster; Queen; Bat View; Queen Fraction; Mermaid; Delta; M.S. 1584), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CV036; head of Dead Creek), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) Threeman Mining Co.; Billygoat Mountain Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CV042; near mouth of Simpson Creek), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) Banzer Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) Threeman Mine (Standard Copper Mine), Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Fielder & Hemple Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) Sulphide Gulch Occurrence, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
 
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