Mother Lode The Mother Lode is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 5,200 feet. About the MRDS Data: All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.. Visit Kennicott and McCarthy in Alaska's Wrangell St Elias National Park for glacier hiking and excursions to Kennecott Mine with Alaska Tours.
Mother Lode Mine, Kennecott, Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA : The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve. Location: The Mother Lode mine is at the head of a small cirque valley on the west valley wall of McCarthy Creek (MacKevett,.. Kennecott, also known as Kennicott and Kennecott Mines, is an abandoned mining camp in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska that was the center of activity for several copper mines. [3] It is located beside the Kennicott Glacier, northeast of Valdez, inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The camp and mines are now a National Historic Landmark District.