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Lookout Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000001
MRDS ID A010000
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout Prospect
Alternate or previous names Conundrum, Mammoth, Wakefield Minerals Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.14344, 55.05612 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2.69% TO 5.2% CU
Result 0.12 OZ/TON TO 0.20 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.3 TO 2.31 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) CPxwg
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Schist Strikes N65w, Dips 70sw

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL TUNNEL AND SURFACE EXCAVATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS AND PODS OF SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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