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Unnamed (on Elrington Island)

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000422
MRDS ID A010589
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Elrington Island)
Related records 10233545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.13251, 59.94954 (WGS84)
Relative position The occurrence has been located in the NW1/4, of section 6, T. 2 S., R. 8 E., of the Seward Meridian by Kurtak and Jeske (1986) although they could not located the prospect on the ground. This location 272 of Tysdal (1978) and Cobb and Tysdal (1980, OFR 80-621).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blying Sound D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Blying Sound NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blying Sound C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Resurrection River-Frontal Resurrection Bay(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.13251, 59.94954
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Country rock in the area is intermixed graywacke, slate and greenstones of the Orca Group (Cobb and Tysdal,1980, OFR 80-621). The occurrence is thought to be a copper occurrence but both Nelson and others (1984) and Kurtak and Jeske (1986) were unable to locate any mineralization in this area.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = None.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Condon, W.H., and Cass, J.T., 1958, Map of a part of the Prince William Sound area, Alaska, showing linear geologic features on aerial photographs: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-273. 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H. and Tysdal, R.G., 1980, Summaries of data on and list of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-621, 276 p.

  • Deposit

    Kurtak, J.M., and Jeske, R.E., 1986, Mineral investigations in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska (Islands area): U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 54-86, 302 p., 1 sheet.

  • Deposit

    Tysdal, R.G., 1978, Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-880-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb and Tysdal, 1980 (OFR 80-621)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Insuffecient information to classify.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAY-1999 Jeff A. Huber U.S. Geological Survey

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