Brady Glacier Nickel-Sulfide Resources-Alaska

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069266
MRDS ID W002845
Record type Site
Current site name Brady Glacier Nickel-Sulfide Resources-Alaska

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -138.00215, 58.99971 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakutat(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Fairweather NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dezadeash River(hydrologic unit)

Gulf of 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
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -138.00215, 58.99971

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 181000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.25 wt-pct Nickel Major 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Shaffer, Glenn L. 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.