Location, Land Status, and Mineral Rights
The Pebble prospect is in a remote and usually uninhabited part of the Bristol Bay watershed, in Southwest Alaska. The nearest communities, about 20 miles (32 km) distant, are the villages of Nondalton, Newhalen, and Iliamna. The site is 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.
Pebble is approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of, and upstream of, Lake Iliamna. The deposit area is characterized by relatively flat land dotted by glacial ponds, interspersed with isolated mountains or ranges of hills rising one or two thousand feet above the flats. Pebble is under a broad flat valley at about 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level dividing the drainages of: Upper Talarik Creek, and the Koktuli River.
Upper Talarik Creek flows into Lake Iliamna, which flows through the Kvichak River into Bristol Bay. Waters in the Koktuli River drain into the Mulchatna River, a tributary of the Nushagak River which empties into Bristol Bay at Dillingham. Lake Clark, approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of Pebble, is upstream of the deposit area.
The Pebble West/East deposits are centered upon 59.8971N, 155.2952W (59°53′50″N 155°17′43″W).
The Pebble mineral deposits are on land owned by the state of Alaska. Pebble Mines Corp. holds mineral rights for 186 square miles (480 km2) of state mining claims, an area which includes the Pebble deposits, as well as other, less explored, mineral deposits.
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