| Deposit ID | 10002661 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015101 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Anton Larsen Bay |
| Alternate or previous names | Kizhuyak Lode, South |
| Geographic coordinates: | -152.6444, 57.87053 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This prospect is located on a small peninsula on the west side of Anton Larsen Bay in sec. 2, T. 27 S., R. 21 W., of the Seward Meridian (Berg and Cobb, 1967, figure 15, locality 7; Rose and Richter, 1967, figure 1, locality 4; Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 14; McGee, 1972, locality 2; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 14). Site location is accurate to within a few hundred feet. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kodiak Island(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kodiak D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Kodiak NE(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
Ouzinkie Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | 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 | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Kodiak |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015101 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KD018 |
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.
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.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1). |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Site is located on land conveyed to the Koniag Corporation. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-OCT-1998 | S.H. Pilcher | U.S. Geological Survey |
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