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Miners River No. 2

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Arsenic, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003447
MRDS ID A106203
Record type Site
Current site name Miners River No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.35258, 61.07958 (WGS84)
Relative position Northwest flank of glacier covered mountain that separates the Miners River drainage and the Wells Bay drainage. The glacier feeds the headwaters of both drainages. Accurate within 1 mile. Locality A-10 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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(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
Arsenic Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.35258, 61.07958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Shear zones cut steeply dipping sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone of the Tertiary Orca Group. The shear zones are reported by Jansons and others (1984) to be from a few inches to 150 ft wide. Galena, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite occur in 0.25 to 6 inch wide veinlets. Pyrite occurs as disseminations and pods in the shear zones.? Chip, grab, and shallow core samples contained 14 ppm to 19 percent Zn, 1 ppm to 17.5 percent Pb, less than 0.003 oz/ton to 13.7 oz/ton Ag, less than 0.001 oz/ton to 0.084 oz/ton Au, and less than 10 ppm to 1.15 percent As (Jansons and others, 1984).
  • Age = Paleocene or younger; shear zones cut sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone of the Tertiary Orca Group.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No production.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Inferred reserves are 1,500 tons at 4.23 percent Zn, 2.24 percent Pb, and 5.88 ppm Ag (Jansons, 1984).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Chip, grab, and shallow core samples contained 14 ppm to 19 percent Zn, 1 ppm to 17.5 percent Pb, less than 0.003 oz/ton to 13.7 oz/ton Ag, less than 0.001 oz/ton to 0.084 oz/ton Au, and less than 10 ppm to 1.15 percent As. Moderate 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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