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Unnamed Near Chicagof Peak

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  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 10003631
MRDS ID A106393
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Near Chicagof Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.33962, 56.34864 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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

  • COORDINATES ARE AT THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THREE LODE CLAIMS STAKED IN 1967 NEAR PAT CREEK AND TROUT LAKE JUST EAST OF THE ZIMOVIA HIGHWAY, IN THE CENTER OF SECTION 5., T. 63 S., R. 83 E. (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.33962, 56.34864
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE LODE CLAIMS STAKED FOR W IN 1967; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map No. 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D. J., Berg, H. C., and Karl, S. M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-2 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-D, scale 63,360, one sheet, 21 p. pamphlet.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE LODE CLAIMS STAKED FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1967; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE. THE ROCKS IN THE VICINITY CONSIST OF CRETACEOUS SCHIST AND HORNFELS PERIPHERAL TO A STOCK OF CRETACEOUS HORNBLENDE TONALITE AND SIMILAR INTERMEDIATE PLUTONIC ROCKS (BREW, 1997 [OF 97-156-D]).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1998 Berg, H. C. (Grybeck, D. J.) 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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