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Unnamed Along Harvey 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003654
MRDS ID A106423
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Along Harvey Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.06576, 56.56668 (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 C-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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • THIS SMALL MINE ON NORTHWESTERN WOEWODSKI ISLAND IS ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM THE SHORELINE ALONG THE TRAIL THAT GOES FROM SALTWATER TO THE HARVEY LAKE FOREST SERVICE CABIN. LOCALITY 34 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) Keg
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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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNCERTAIN BUT PROBABLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD RECOVERED DURING THE 1930'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD PROSPECT ALONG THE CREEK SAID HAVE BEEN WORKED DURING THE DEPRESSION IN THE 1930'S; A SMALL PELTON WHEEL AND HAMMER MILL STILL REMAINED AT THE SITE IN THE EARLY 1980'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL NARROW QUARTZ VEINS WITH RARE DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE CUT LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, FELSIC METATUFF. SAID TO HAVE BEEN WORKED IN A SMALL WAY DURING THE DEPRESSION IN THE 1930'S (GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL, 1984).

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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