MINERAL ORDER 1118: REOPENING OF LAND TO MINERAL ENTRY
FORMERLY TO BE CONVEYED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
The Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, adopted Mineral Order 1118 on July 28, 2011. This mineral order rescinds portions of Mineral Order 1045 by opening 160,436 acres to locatable mineral entry that had been closed to entry under Mineral Order 1045. Mineral Order 1045 closed land to mineral entry under legislation [CCS HB 130 (FSS 2005] intended to convey state land to the University of Alaska, but this legislation was invalidated by an Alaska Supreme Court decision. Another 28,889 acres remains closed to mineral entry under the authority of AS 38.05.300. Closed areas include sites important for development, land exchanges or land disposals, or that have sensitive historical or cultural resources.
Public review of the proposed action occurred earlier this year. As a result of this review, certain changes to the original list of areas to be opened/closed occurred has occurred. Discussion of these changes can be found in the Administrative Finding and in the listing of areas to be opened/closed to mineral entry in the tables that accompany the final Mineral Order.
Final Mineral Order and Administrative Finding (PDF)
- Complete Mineral Order 1118 (PDF) (10.5 MB)
- Text (PDF) (110 KB)
- All Maps (PDF) (10.5 MB)
- Caribou-Poker Creek Watershed (PDF) (265 KB)
- Dalton Highway MP 345 to 347 (PDF) (215 KB)
- Delta Ag & Forestry Experimental Station (PDF) (150 KB)
- Fairbanks Parking Garage (PDF) (205 KB)
- Haul Road Nodes - Coldfoot (PDF) (515 KB)
- Jarvis Creek Coal Field (PDF) (355 KB)
- Jennie M. Creek C (PDF) (210 KB)
- Nenana Oil & Gas Tract (PDF) (265 KB)
- Noyes Slough (PDF) (400 KB)
- Poker Flat Lease (PDF) (355 KB)
- Poker Flat (SUA) (PDF) (365 KB)
- Silver Fox Mine (PDF) (310 KB)
- Tok Research Forest (PDF) (190 KB)
- Auke Weir (PDF) (335 KB)
- Biorka Island (PDF) (175 KB)
- Excursion Inlet (PDF) (350 KB)
- El Capitan South (PDF) (345 KB)
- Favor Peak (PDF) (550 KB)
- Hook Arm (PDF) (215 KB)
- Ivanhoe (PDF) (345 KB)
- Leask Cove (PDF) (200 KB)
- Lynn Canal (PDF) (115 KB)
- Middle Island (PDF) (185 KB)
- Mite Cove (PDF) (365 KB)
- Moira Sound/Nowiskay Cove (PDF) (340 KB)
- Olive Cove (PDF) (300 KB)
- Port Conclusion (PDF) (175 KB)
- Read Island (PDF) (250 KB)
- Rowan Bay (PDF) (280 KB)
- Sitka Campus (PDF) (230 KB)
- Sumdum (PDF) (370 KB)
- Tenakee Springs (PDF) (330 KB)
- Thoms Place (PDF) (280 KB)
- Ward Cove (PDF) (615 KB)
- Whitney Island (PDF) (335 KB)
- William Henry Bay (PDF) (190 KB)