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Cann Creek Gold Lode Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10002328
MRDS ID A013240
Record type Site
Current site name Cann Creek Gold Lode Occurrence
Related records 10209797

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.27566, 57.96332 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.25 MI. E OF MOUTH OF CANN CREEK, E SHORE LISIANSKI INLET., Within 0.3 Mi., Within 0.3 Mi.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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

  • USGS MF-467, LOC. 5. USGS B 1058-E, P. 212 GIVES CONTRADICTORY LOCATION OF 1 MI. DUE E OF MOUTH OF CANN CREEK AT 700 FT. ELEVATION. EITHER DISTANCE OR ELEVATION MUST BE IN ERROR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.27566, 57.96332
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 10.67M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN DIORITE, NEAR CONTACT WITH QUARTZ DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • FIRST MENTIONED BY D.L. ROSSMAN IN USGS B 1058-E, 1959.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 5 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1058-E, P. 212 (1959)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 25 (1978)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-467-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL QUARTZ VEIN 6-12 IN. WIDE CROPS OUT INTERMITTENTLY FOR 35 FT., CONTAINS GOLD.
Deposit PROBABLY VEIN TOO SMALL TO BE OF COMMERCIAL VALUE, BUT OTHER VEINS MAY BE NEARBY. ; 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-MAY-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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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