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Muir Inlet

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10008547
MRDS ID D000846
Record type Site
Current site name Muir Inlet
Alternate or previous names Nunatak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.1021, 58.98306 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF MUIR INLET NEAR ITS HEAD; 78 AIR MILES NW OF JUNEAU, ALASKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Glacier Bay

Comments on the workings information

  • ON BEACH THE MOLYBDENITE - BEARING ZONE HAS DEPTH OF 500 FT; THE FAULT DEPOSITS - 1,200 FT IN LENGTH; 10 TO 30 FT WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1943, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS MUIR INLET, ALASKA: WAR MIN. REPT. #40

  • Deposit

    1943, MUIR INLET OR NUNATAK MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS GLACIER BAY, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: WAR MIN. REPT. 300

  • Deposit

    1949: REPT. OF INVEST. #4421

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 King, Robert U U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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