| Deposit ID | 10002335 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013249 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mine Mtn. Copper-Zinc-Lead Occurrence |
| Related records | 10161028 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -136.19176, 57.84665 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 701 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | NEAR SUMMIT OF MINE MTN., Within 0.3 Mi Radius |
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)
West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -136.19176, 57.84665 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1946 |
| Discoverer | D.L. Rossman |
| District name | Chichagof |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013249 |
USGS MF-467, LOC. 12 (1972)
USGS B 1058-E, P. 213 (1959)
USGS OF 78-450, P. 79 (1978)
BAG-MF-467-12
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FISSURE-TYPE QUARTZ VEINS NEAR SMALL DIORITE BODY ON TOP OF MINE MTN. CONTAIN PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, AND GALENA. PROBABLY CONTAINS GOLD BECAUSE OF PRESENCE OF SPHALERITE AND GALENA, WHICH ARE INDICATORS. |
| Deposit | SPHALERITE AND GALENA EXCELLENT INDICATORS OF GOLD IN THIS AREA. MINERALIZED ZONE IN HEADWATERS AREA OF SALTERY RIVER CONTAINS 0.01 OZ/TON AU, BUT LOCATION COULD NOT ACCURATELY BE DETERMINED FROM INFORMATION GIVEN. ; 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-MAY-87 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 02-SEP-94 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |
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