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Hetta Mountain Prospects

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Cobalt
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000027
MRDS ID A010027
Record type Site
Current site name Hetta Mountain Prospects
Related records 10112745

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.56846, 55.19973 (WGS84)
Elevation 823

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-2(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

Sealaska Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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

Comments on the location information

  • A SECOND PROSPECT IS 30 METERS TO THE NORTH AT AN ELEVATION OF 2675 FT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Zone Is Strongly Limonitized

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE 2.2% CU
Result 0.74% ZN
Result 22 PPM PB
Result 12.3 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.1 OZ/TON AU
Result 600 PAM MO
Result 750 PPM CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.56846, 55.19973
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northern Prospect Follows Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER W062098 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE IS TO THE SOUTH, MASSIVE DEPOSITS ARE AT PROSPECT TO NORTH
Deposit THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OTHER PROSPECTS OF UNKNOWN CHARACTER TO THE NORTH EAST. SEE REFERENCE #1 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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