Unnamed Near Totem Bay

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003658
MRDS ID A106427
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Near Totem Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.43577, 56.46751 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg B-5 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 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

  • APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A BLOCK OF FIVE PLACER CLAIMS ON SOUTHERN KUPREANOF ISLAND STAKED FOR AU IN 1965 AND ACTIVE THROUGH 1967 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1984). LOCALITY 27 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984), WHO ALSO SHOWS THE CLAIM OUTLINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.43577, 56.46751

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.

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A BLOCK OF FIVE PLACER CLAIMS STAKED FOR AU IN 1965 AND ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1967.

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.

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.