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Unnamed Near Gunnuk Creek

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10003633
MRDS ID A106394
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Near Gunnuk Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.88081, 56.98862 (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 D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Port Alexander NE(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

Sealaska Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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

  • CLAIMS ON UPPER GUNNUK CREEK, NORTHWESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND, ABOUT THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF KAKE. LOCALITY 9 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984). LOCATION KNOWN ONLY GENERALLY AND COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.88081, 56.98862
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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

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION AND HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THERE WAS ANY.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY INFORMATION IS THAT FOUR LODE CLAIMS WERE STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1968; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE (U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980; AND STATE OF ALASKA UNPUBLISHED KARDEX MINING CLAIMS FILE).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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