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Klukwan Fan Iron-Copper-Platinum Placer

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Titanium, Metal, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Vanadium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002197
MRDS ID A013095
Record type Site
Current site name Klukwan Fan Iron-Copper-Platinum Placer
Related records 10161024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.90573, 59.41253 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 1 MI. N OF KLUKWAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-424, LOC. 15. LOCATION IS IN CENTER OF ALLUVIAL FAN EXTENDING FOR 1 MI. RADIUS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SINCE SOURCE OF PLACER IS KLUKWAN LODE (SK-16), COMMODITIES SHOULD BE SIMILAR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Palladium Ore
Platinum Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Bornite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Olivine Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.90573, 59.41253
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POORLY SORTED ALLUVIUM, RANGING FROM SILT TO LARGE BOULDERS OF 40 IN DIAMETER ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS CRET META-BASALT UNDER AREA OF FAN ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER IS KLUKWAN ULTRAMAFIC TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE-BEARING PYROXENITE UPHILL TO THE NE, IN THE AREA OF DEPOSIT NO. SK-16.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1899

Mining district

District name Juneau/Haynes

Comments on the workings information

  • CHURN DRILLING, PIT SAMPLING, PILOT MILL CONSTRUCTED FOR TESTING.

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE PROSPECTING WITH PIT SAMPLING AND CHURN DRILLING OF PLACER. PILOT MILL CONSTRUCTED, COBBER CONCENTRATES PRODUCED FOR TESTING. 49 PATENTED PLACER CLAIMS, BUT NO PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-424, LOCATION 15 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 132, P. 28-36, FIG 8 (1956)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-316, P. 92, 93 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USBM OF 84-21, P. 4-6 (1984)

  • Deposit

    USGS P 832, P. 18, 24-25 (1974)

  • Deposit

    USGS P 820-C, P. C 159

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-424-15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALLUVIAL FAN CONSISTING OF PYROXENITE, GABBRO, AND DIORITE DETRITUS FROM CANYONS 1 AND 2 OF KLUKWAN ULTRAMAFIC PYROXENITE COMPLEX (DEPOSIT NO. SK-16). FAN IS SEMICIRCULAR, WITH BASAL RADIUS OF 6000 FT AND 700 FT THICK, GIVING 500 MILLION TONS OF MATERIAL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 10% MAGNETIC FE (USGS OF 132, P. 35, 36). USBM OF 84-21, P. 5 ESTIMATES 989,761,000 TONS OF MATERIAL AT 10.8% SOLUBLE FE.
Deposit GRADIENT OF FAN 6 DEGREES-10 DEGREES, FLOW RANGES FROM 10-1,000 CFT/SEC. HAYNES HIGHWAY CROSSES ALLUVIAL FAN, PROVIDING GOOD TRANSPORTATION. WORLD CLASS-SIZE DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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