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Oregon Claim

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  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 10000082
MRDS ID A010098
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Claim
Alternate or previous names Claim: Maggie May

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.14734, 55.16834 (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

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR KITKUN BAY 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
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY GAVE $4.80/TON (COMBINED COMMODITIES, 1902 PRICES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.14734, 55.16834
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 75NW
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Defines Contact Between Limestone And Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VITREOUS QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit SEE ALSO WASHINGTON CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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