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Salmon Bay Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities REE, Uranium, Thorium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000285
MRDS ID A010333
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon Bay Occurrence
Related records 10282819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.17019, 56.31973 (WGS84)

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

Petersburg B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(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
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary
Thorium Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVE MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED IN SOME VEINS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bastnaesite Ore
Monazite Ore
Parisite Ore
Thorite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.17019, 56.31973
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS IN VICINITY CONTAIN RARE EARTH FLUOROCARBONATES. THESE VEINS ARE A FEW INCHES TO A FEW FEET THICK, AND DIP BETWEEN N35W AND N60E.
Deposit SEE ALSO PAY STREAK VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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