| Deposit ID | 10002228 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013130 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Crillon Glacier Nickel Occurrence |
| Geographic coordinates: | -137.31045, 58.65749 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH CRILLON GLACIER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Fairweather C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Mount Fairweather NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mount Fairweather(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pentlandite | Ore |
| Platinum | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Bronzite | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Olivine | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Crillon-La Perouse Stock; |
| Rock description | Crillon-La Perouse Stock; |
| (1) | -137.31045, 58.65749 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Discoverer | Kennedy And Walton (Usgs B 947-D, P. 71) |
| District name | Yakutat/Glacier Bay N.M. |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013130 |
USGS OF 78-494, P. C-103, 106-7, FIG C-32, TABLE C-26B, PLATES IA, III (1978)
USGS MF-436, LOC. 4 (1972)
USGS B 1121-F, F42, 43 (1963)
USGS B 947-D, P. 71 (1946)
BAG-OFR-78-494-FIG-C-32
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAY BE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BRADY GLACIER NICKEL-COPPER MINERALIZATION IN CRILLON-LA PEROUSE STOCK. ; 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1987 | 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. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.