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Olson and Viette

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003425
MRDS ID A106182
Record type Site
Current site name Olson and Viette
Alternate or previous names Dominick Ledge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.25259, 60.99957 (WGS84)
Relative position South slope of Mount Doran 1 mile south-southwest from summit, near a southward flowing drainage west of Lagoon Creek. Accurate within 1/2 mile. Locality A-35 of Jansons and others (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.25259, 60.99957
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = According to Jansons and others (1984), quartz-calcite veins are found in a 43 inch wide shear zone cutting metasandstone and metasiltstone of the Late Cretaceous Valdez Group. The veins are up to 2 ft wide and contain pryite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and gold. Five chip samples contained up to 0.08 oz/ton Au and 0.02 oz/ton Ag.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; veins cut metasandstones and metasiltstones of the Late Cretaceous Valdez Group.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No reported production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Explored by a 200 ft adit and some surface stripping. Jansons and others (1984) reported five chip samples contained up to 0.08 oz/ton Au and 0.02 oz/ton Ag. Low mineral development potential (Jansons and others, 1984).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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