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Johnson and Skeen

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000355
MRDS ID A010419
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson and Skeen
Related records 10113028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.76482, 60.66285 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward C-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach 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

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Creek;Valdez Creek
    Rock description Valdez Creek;Valdez Creek

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.76482, 60.66285
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS 50 TO 90 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SHORT QUARTZ VEINS CARRY SPARSE GOLD WITH LOCALIZED RICH POCKETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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