| Deposit ID | 10002651 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015092 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brown Bear |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Harbor, Silver Queen, Barling Bay |
| Related records | 10136529 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -153.38854, 57.21134 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This prospect is located 0.3 mile north of triangulation station Love at the head of Barling Bay (Berg and Cobb, 1967, figure 15, locality 13; Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 5; McGee, 1972, locality 1; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 5) Site location is accurate to within 1/4 mile. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kodiak Island(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kodiak A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Kodiak SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Kodiak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)
Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Kodiak 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 |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Model code | 274 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a.1 |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type |
| Mark3 model number | 26 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -153.38854, 57.21134 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Kodiak |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015092 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KD029 |
Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1), turbidite-hosted gold vein. |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Most of the area is on land conveyed to the Koniag Corporation. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-OCT-1998 | S.H. Pilcher | U.S. Geological Survey |
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