| Deposit ID | 10002325 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013235 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Makushin Volcano Sulfur |
| Related records | 10258128 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -166.92907, 53.8866 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Location is in crater at summit of Makushin Volcano (Maddren, 1919, p. 285, fig. 3). Coordinates were derived from Drewes and others (1961, plate 75) and is thought to be accurate within about a 1.6 km radius. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Aleutians West(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Unalaska C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Unalaska NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Unalaska SE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fox Islands(hydrologic unit)
Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)
National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)
FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| (1) | -166.92907, 53.8866 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| District name | Aleutian Islands |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013235 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | UN003 |
Veniaminov, Ivan, 1840, Notes on the islands of the Unalaska District, translated by Black, L.T., and Geoghegan, R.H., edited with introduction, Pierce, R.A., (1984): Alaska History No. 27, The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library Translation Program, Univ of Alaska, Fairbanks and The Limestone Press, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 511 p.
Brooks, A.H., 1916, Antimony deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 649, 67 p.
Brooks, A.H., 1919, Alaska's mineral supplies: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 666, p 89-102.
Maddren, A.G., 1919, Sulfur on Unalaska and Akun Islands and near Stepovak Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692,-E p. 283-298.
Snyder, G.L., 1959, Geology of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-H, p. 169-210, 1 map sheet, scale 1:20,000.
Drewes, Harold, Fraser, G.D., Snyder, G.L., and Barnett, H.F., Jr., 1961, Geology of Unalaska Island and adjacent insular shelf, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-S, p. 583-676.
Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.
Motyka, R.J., 1983, High-temperature hydrothermal resources in the Aleutian arc, in Alaska Geological Society Symposium on western Alaska, geology and resource potential: Anchorage, 1982, Proceedings, Journal of the Alaska Geological Society, v. 3, p. 87-99.
Motyka, R.J., Queen, L.D., Janik, C.J., Sheppard, D.S., Poreda, R.J., and Liss, S.A., 1988, Fluid geochemistry and fluid-mineral equilibria in test wells and thermal-gradient holes at the Makushin geothermal area, Unalaska Island, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 88-14, 90 p.
Queen, L.D., 1989, Alteration, fluid inclusion, and water-rock equilibrium in the Makushin hydrothermal system, Unalaska Island, Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbnaks, M.Sc. thesis, 128 p.
Republic Geothermal Inc., 1983, The Unalaska geothermal exploration project, phase 1B: Final report to Alaska Power Authority, 160 p., 16 appendices, 9 plates, scales 1:24,000 and 1:50,000.
Republic Geothermal Inc., 1984, The Unalaska geothermal exploration project, phase II: Final report to Alaska Power Authority, 104 p., 13 appendices.
Brooks, A.H., 1911, The mining industry in 1910, in Brooks, A.K., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480-B p. 21-43.
Bain, H.F., 1946, Alaska's minerals as a basis for industry: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7379, 83 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = fumarolic sulfur, hydrothermal, volcanogenic |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Extensive evaluation and drilling by State of Alaska for geothermal evaluation conducted in 1970's and 1980's (Motyka, 1983; Motyka and others, 1983; 1988; Nye and others, 1984; Queen, 1989; Reeder, 1982, AOF 163; 1982 in Watson; Republic Geothermal, Inc, 1983; 1984; 1985). Russian sulphur production prior to 1840. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-JAN-1992 | L.P. Niles | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 07-JAN-1992 | S.W. Bie | U.S. Geological Survey |
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