| Deposit ID | 10000241 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010279 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Atom Marietta Prospect |
| Related records | 10136716 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -132.12955, 54.91362 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 213 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Brannerite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | CHEMICAL ANALYSIS YIELDED 0.25-2.8% U, 0.13-1%TH |
|---|
| 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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock |
| (1) | -132.12955, 54.91362 |
|---|
| Strike | N 5 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 SW |
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Dotson And Blazek |
| District name | Ketchikan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010279 |
USGS BULLETIN 1154, P.73-74
USGS BULLETIN 1155, P.30-31
USGS OPEN FILE 78-863, P.6-8
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO SHEAR ZONES 1.5 FT THICK ON PARALLEL FAULTS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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