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Wagner Mine

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000374
MRDS ID A010441
Record type Site
Current site name Wagner Mine
Related records 10161432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.41251, 60.51958 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/4 MILES NE TATITLK; AT HEAD OF BOULDER BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordova C-7 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MOUNT SAINT ELIAS 1:250000; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES ARE FOR TOWN OF TATITLK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.41251, 60.51958
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITERATURE IS CONTRADICTORY IN ASSIGNING HOST ROCKS TO ORCA OR VALDEZ GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer L. W. Wagner

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 86.87M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDES DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ VEIN, AND AS REPLACEMENT IN SHEAR ZONE WITHIN GRAY WACKE AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Garrison, Michael T. (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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