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Unnamed Near Elephants Nose

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodities 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 10003665
MRDS ID A106436
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Near Elephants Nose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.51157, 56.43168 (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 LOCATION OF A SINGLE CLAIM STAKED IN 1955 AND APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.51157, 56.43168
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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 Petersburg

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LODE CLAIM STAKED FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN 1955; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE.

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 NO PUBLISHED INFORMATION OTHER THAN CLAIM STAKED FOR URANIUM. BREW (1997 [OF 97-156-D]) HAS MAPPED THE ROCKS IN THE VICINITY AS CRETACEOUS LOW- TO MEDIUM-GRADE SCHIST AND SEMISCHIST DERIVED FROM CRETACEOUS-JURASSIC SEYMOUR CANAL FORMATION SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

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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