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Bear Creek Asbestos Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001358
MRDS ID A012099
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek Asbestos Prospect
Related records 10283063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.80535, 58.25668 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MI E OF HEAD OF FUNTER BAY

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 B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass 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

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS BULL 963-A, P. 35, FIG. 13 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tremolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.80535, 58.25668
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT BETTER GRADE MATERIAL IS PRESENT; SAMPLING WAS DONE ON WEATHERED SURFICIAL MATERIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Admiralty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME TRENCHING; CAVED; 4 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT IN 1928-1929, MOSTLY CONSTRUCTION OF SUPPORT FACILITIES; EXAMINED BY USBM IN 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: PORTAGE, MAMMOTH; USGS OFR 85-717 STATES THAT BAND IS EXPOSED FOR 60 FT ALONG STRIKE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit TREMOLITE ASBESTOS IN 18 IN WIDE BAND EXPOSED FOR 14 FT IN 1944 YIELDED BRITTLE FIBERS UP TO 18 IN LONG BUT OF POOR QUALITY; BETTER QUALITY MATERIAL IN SEAMS .75 IN WIDE, 6-8 IN LONG NOTED NEARBY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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