Carol Ann Prospects

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000233
MRDS ID A010270
Record type Site
Current site name Carol Ann Prospects
Related records 10234068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.10454, 54.90529 (WGS84)
Elevation 61

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALOGY IS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO ATOM-MARIETTA PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 0.028%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite > Peralkaline Granite
    Rock unit name Bokan Mountain Granite
    Rock description Bokan Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 181
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 171
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 186
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.10454, 54.90529

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Worthington, Mckern, Julius

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Worthington, Mckern, Julius

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNSPECIFIED RADIOACTIVE MINERAL DISTRIBUTED AND IN VEINLETS IN DACITE DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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