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Union Bay

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038086
MRDS ID M045363
Record type Site
Current site name Union Bay
Alternate or previous names Mount Burnett
Related records 10258360

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.1018, 55.76641 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.1018, 55.76641
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan Dist.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON AND CHAPIN, 1929, P. 351-352 (B800)

  • Deposit

    KENNEDY AND WALTON, 1946B, P. 80-83 (B947-D)

  • Deposit

    TWENHOFEL, 1953, P. 11 (C252)

  • Deposit

    RUCKMICK, 1957

  • Deposit

    5) KAUFMAN, ALVIN, 1958, P. 11 (IC 7844)

  • Deposit

    6) CONDON, 1961, P. B35-B36 (B1108-B)

  • Deposit

    7) BERG AND COBB, 1967, P. 183 (B1246)

  • Deposit

    8) NOEL, 1967, P. 64

  • Deposit

    9) CLARK, A.L., AND GREENWOOD, 1972A (P800-C)

  • Deposit

    10) CLARK, A.L., AND GREENWOOD, 1972B (P800-C)

  • Deposit

    11) WALTON, 1951, P. 227-231 (OF 126)

  • Deposit

    12) COBB, 1972 (MF 433)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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