| Deposit ID | 10000804 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011453 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bluebird Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Whistler |
| Related records | 10112497 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -146.61506, 61.12459 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)
Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Shoup Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)
State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | NO DATA |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Valdez Group | ||||
| Rock description | Valdez Group | ||||
| |||||
| Width | 3M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Port Valdez |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 39.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011453 |
USGS BULL 520, P. 120, 123
USGS BULL 542, P. 35
USGS BULL 592, P. 239
USGS BULL 622, P. 182
USGS BULL 662, P. 191
USGS MF-438, LOC. 12
USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 9
BAG-OFR-80-892B-09
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BLUEBIRD: MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE UP TO 3 M WIDE IN VALDEZ GROUP CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF MAFIC DIKE CEMENTED BY QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND CHLORITE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND FREE GOLD; WHISTLER: QUARTZ VEIN WITH FRAGMENTS OF SLATE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND FREE GOLD |
| Deposit | DATA COMBINED FOR BLUEBIRD AND WHISTLER CLAIMS; SEE ALSO: CLIFF MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1985 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 14-APR-1995 | Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) | U.S. Geological Survey | PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD. |
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