| Deposit ID | 10000240 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010277 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wennie Prospect, Lazo Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -132.17955, 54.91917 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 244 |
| Relative position | 5400 FT N78W FROM SUMMIT BOKAN MOUNTAIN |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Monazite | Ore |
| Parisite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE SAMPLE: 7.17%TH, 0.26%U |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite > Peralkaline Granite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rock unit name | Bokan Mountain Granite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rock description | Bokan Mountain Granite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite > Peralkaline Granite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | -132.17955, 54.91917 |
|---|
| Strike | N60W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80NE |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| District name | Ketchikan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010277 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION IN FRACTURE SETS AND IN ADJACENT VEINLETS. SECONDARY FRACTURE SET STRIKES EAST, DIPS GOS. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OF 5.5 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR DETECTED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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