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Mt. Young No. 1 Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001356
MRDS ID A012097
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Young No. 1 Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.6268, 58.90696 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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-5(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

  • SEE: USGS OFR 78-494, PLATE III, LOC. 80; LOCATION FOR THIS SITE IS MISLABELLED J018 ON MINERAL RESOURCES MAP USGS OFR 85-717 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES OF SULFIDE BEARING METAVOLCANICS AND ALTERED SLATE AND HORNFELS: UP TO 1500 PPM ZN, SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUS AG, CR, CU, MO, PB AND V
Result 15-FT CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS PYRITIC ZONE IN CARBONACEOUS SLATE: 0.1 PPM AU, 20 PPM AG PLUS BASEMETAL VALVES
Result USGS OFR 78-494, P. C-348, LOC. 80

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.6268, 58.90696
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGICALLY COMPLEX AREA OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANICROCKS CUT BY MATIC DIKES, SMALL GRANITIC PLUTONS, MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES AND QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mining district

District name Juneau/Glacier Bay N.M.

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • STUDIED BY USGS IN 1966 AND 1976 AS PART OF GLACIER BAY NATIONAL MONUMENT WILDERNESS STUDY AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR, DISCONTINUOUS PYRITIC FE-STAINED ZONES UP TO 10 FT WIDE BY 100 FT LONG CONTAIN ANOMALOUS AU, AG AND BASEMETAL VALVES; SULFIDES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS OF METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN ALTERED SLATE AND HORNFELS
Deposit SEE ALSO: MT. YOUNG NO. 2 AND NO. 3 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-85 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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