Martha Lee

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003623
MRDS ID	A106381
Record type	Site
Current site name	Martha Lee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-130.07064, 56.0256 (WGS84)
Relative position	SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Tongass 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

Comments on the location information

THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THIS UNVERIFIED MINERAL OCCURRENCE, KNOWN IN 1981 (ELLIOTT AND KOCH, 1981, P. 17, LOC. 68) ONLY FROM A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CLAIM MAP (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1978), IS AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF SECTION 26, AT THE SOUTHWEST FOOT OF MINERAL HILL. THE SITE IS AT AN ELEVATION OF JUST UNDER 200 FEET, AND ADJACENT TO THE ROAD ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF TEXAS CREEK. THE LOCATION IS PROBABLY ACCURATE WITHIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silver	Primary
Gold	Primary
Copper	Primary
Lead	Primary
Zinc Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-130.07064, 56.0256	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

General form	SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Hyder

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A106381
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	BC068

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Smith, J.G., 1973, A Tertiary lamprophyre dike province in southeastern Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 10, p. 408-420.
Deposit

Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
Deposit

U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1979, Claim map 118: Mines and prospects of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Deposit

Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Deposit

Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS SITE IS TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP; THE EOCENE BOUNDARY GRANODIORITE, WHICH INTRUDES THE HAZELTON AND TEXAS CREEK ROCKS; AND STILL-YOUNGER TERTIARY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES, WHICH CUT ALL THE OTHER ROCKS (SMITH, 1973, 1977; KOCH, 1996). OTHER THAN THE COMMODITIES REPORTED ON A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CLAIM MAP (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1979), NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SITE WAS PUBLICLY KNOWN IN 1981.
Deposit	FOUR CLAIMS STAKED IN 1965.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS SITE IS TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP; THE EOCENE BOUNDARY GRANODIORITE, WHICH INTRUDES THE HAZELTON AND TEXAS CREEK ROCKS; AND STILL-YOUNGER TERTIARY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES, WHICH CUT ALL THE OTHER ROCKS (SMITH, 1973, 1977; KOCH, 1996). OTHER THAN THE COMMODITIES REPORTED ON A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CLAIM MAP (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1979), NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SITE WAS PUBLICLY KNOWN IN 1981.

Deposit

FOUR CLAIMS STAKED IN 1965.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1998	Berg, H. C.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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