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H.G. Cloes

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003427
MRDS ID A106184
Record type Site
Current site name H.G. Cloes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.17259, 61.02956 (WGS84)
Relative position West shore of Barry Arm, near mouth of unnamed drainage flowing eastward from Mount Doran. Accurate within 1,500 ft. Locality A-33 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

Anchorage A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage 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
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.17259, 61.02956
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Roehm (1936) reported a quartz vein that contains pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena cutting Late Cretaceous metasedimentary rocks of the Valdez Group.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; quartz vein cuts Late Cretaceous metasedimentary rocks of the 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 = Minor stripping reported (Roehm, 1936).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Roehm, 1936

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz vein ? (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1 ?) or Polymetallic veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c ?)

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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