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Warner Bay Breccia Pipe

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001673
MRDS ID A012451
Record type Site
Current site name Warner Bay Breccia Pipe
Alternate or previous names Prospect Bay
Related records 10137147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.40633, 56.15956 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chignik A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chignik SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chignik(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shelikof Strait(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Far West, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-1053K, LOC. 10 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
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Devil'S Batholith;Devil'S Batholith
    Rock description Devil'S Batholith;Devil'S Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.40633, 56.15956
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL DIATREME IN DEVIL'S BATHOLITH CONTAINS ROUNDED PEBBLES OF PROPYLITICALLY ALTERED GRANODIORITE. DEVIL'S BATHOLITH; MULTIPHASE MED. GRAINED GRANODIORITE-TONALITE PLUTON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY AT LEAST ONE SMALL ADIT

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE CRYSTALS OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, ZEOLITES, SPHALERITE, GALENA AND PYRITE FILL INTERSTICES OF CYLINDRICAL BRECCIA ZONE 3 M IN DIAMETER
Deposit SMALL TONNAGE, MINERALIZATION SPOTTY; SEE ALSO: WARNER BAY PORPHYRY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

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