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Unnamed Near Petersburg Creek

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Iron, Thorium, Uranium
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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 10003648
MRDS ID A106414
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Near Petersburg Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.04882, 56.83252 (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-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg N(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)

Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT THREE MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG, SOUTH OF THE ESTUARY AT THE MOUTH OF PETERSBURG CREEK. APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF TWO CLAIMS STAKED FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN 1956, AND ONE CLAIM STAKED NEARBY FOR AU, FE, AND AG IN 1960 (U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). LOCALITY 18 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Thorium Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

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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 Kupreanof

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 TWO CLAIMS STAKED FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN 1956, AND ONE CLAIM STAKED NEARBY FOR AU, FE, AND AG IN 1960. APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER WORK AFTER THE INITIAL STAKING ON THESE CLAIMS AND NO OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE KNOWN NEARBY.

Reporter information

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

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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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