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Tanglefoot Bay

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003580
MRDS ID A106338
Record type Site
Current site name Tanglefoot Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.49247, 57.56938 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is located in the vicinity of Tanglefoot Bay as indicated on U.S. Bureau of Mines maps in 1973. Site location is accurate to within 1/2 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karluk C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kodiak NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Karluk(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

Koniag, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.49247, 57.56938
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = U.S. Bureau of Mines classified this as a lode containing Ag, Au, and Pb. The area is underlain by quartz diorite of Jurassic age (Moore, 1967; Connelly and Moore, 1979).
  • Age = Jurassic or younger

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-SEP-1998 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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