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Admiralty-Alaska Gold

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Copper
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067538
MRDS ID W000321
Record type Site
Current site name Admiralty-Alaska Gold
Alternate or previous names Mertie Lode
Related records 10136843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.86035, 58.23724 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.86035, 58.23724
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PIPELIKE MAFIC INTRUSIVE WITH MAX. DIAMETER OF 60 TO 200 FEET PLUNGING 30 DEGREES EAST HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR 900 FEET DOWNDIP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Funter Bay, Admiralty Island

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DMEA CONTRACT NO. 598 REPORTS 1% NI AND 1% CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A. F., 1926, USGS BULL. 783-B, P. 41-62

  • Deposit

    REED, J. C., 1942, USGS BULL. 936-0, P. 351-361

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H. R., 1966, USGS BULL. 1223, P. 37-38

  • Reserve-Resource

    REED, J. C., 1942, USGS BULL. 936-O, P. 351-361

  • Deposit

    U. S. Bureau of Mines R.I. 3950.

  • Deposit

    DMA/DMEA Docket No. 1856

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS FOUND AND FIRST MAPPED IN 1919 BY JOHN MERTIE OF THE USGS. LATER MAPPED AND DESCRIBED BY REED (1942). FURTHER EXPLORATION IN THE 1950'S WAS SUPPORTED BY A DMEA CONTRACT.
Deposit DMEA docket no. 1856, Contract no. IDM-E143. The DMEA contract no. 598 in Reserve-Resource line 1 is not found in the docket file, so don't know what is going on.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 20-JUL-10 Causey, J. Douglas 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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