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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001339
MRDS ID A012079
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.95209, 58.93446 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position E. OF CASEMENT GLACIER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM PLATE 1, NO. 4 IN USGS PP 632 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE IS THE ONLY MINERAL REPORTED PRESENT

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE AND GRAB SAMPLES CONTAIN UP TO 500 PPM CU AND 5 PPM MO
Result USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J004

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.95209, 58.93446
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERED ZONES CUT GRANITIC ROCK NEAR CONTACT WITH HORNFELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau/Glacier Bay N.M.

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED PYRITE IN ALTERED ZONES 5-30 FT THICK; SAMPLES CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF CU AND SOME MO; AEROMAGNETIC ANOMALY ABOUT 2 MI WSW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) 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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