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Lakeside Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000222
MRDS ID A010259
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeside Prospect
Related records 10282935

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.75179, 54.99416 (WGS84)
Elevation 15

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

Dixon Entrance D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Diorite Intrudes Pyroxenite Which Intrudes Greenstone

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones Form Greenstone/Pyroxenite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan Distric

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 28.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 51 FT SHAFT AND A 41 FT CROSSCUT THAT PENATRATES BOTH SHEAR ZONES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SHEAR ZONES, 5FT AND 2FT WIDE

Reporter information

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

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