| Deposit ID | 10000213 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010250 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Evening Star |
| Alternate or previous names | Morning Star |
| Geographic coordinates: | -130.17287, 56.06866 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The Evening Star prospect is in the southwest corner of Section 52 at an elevation of about 2450 feet (Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 14, loc. 52). It is on the west bank of an unnamed south-flowing tributary to West Fork Texas Creek about a mile from the West Fork. This location is probably accurate to within about a quarter of a mile. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Texas Creek |
| Rock description | Texas Creek |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -130.17287, 56.06866 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Hyder |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010250 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BC052 |
Buddington, A.F., 1925, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alasaka: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 71-139.
Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.
Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic veins |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Originally staked in 1923.? Early descriptions (Buddington, 1925, p. 90) of this site also include references to Morning Star claims.? |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-MAY-1998 | H. C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |
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