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Seward Gold Co.

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000379
MRDS ID A010525
Record type Site
Current site name Seward Gold Co.
Alternate or previous names Claims: Telluride
Related records 10136994

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.29398, 60.65036 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295

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-7(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
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.29398, 60.65036
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

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 Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL AND A FEW SMALLER EXCAVATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF FRACTURED SLATE BETWEEN TWO DIKES IS RECEMNTED BY QUARTZ AND CALCITE HANGING WALL HAS GOUGE AND PROBABLY REPRESENTS A FAULT CONTACT. SOME POST-MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT INFERRED. DIKES HAVE ALSO BEEN SOMEWHAT FRACTURED, RECEMENTED AND MINERALIZED.

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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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