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Ranger Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000227
MRDS ID A010264
Record type Site
Current site name Ranger Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.31566, 54.83306 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 250(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

Dixon Entrance D-1(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)

South Prince of Wales Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.31566, 54.83306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DEPOSIT, BUT ARE NOT KNOWN TO CARRY ECONOMIC MINERALS.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL ADIT AND OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE DISTRIBUTED IN ORE BODIES THAT ARE PRIMARILY MAGNETITE
Deposit NOT ENOUGH WORK TO DETERMINE SIZE OR GRADE HAS BEEN DONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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