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Fish Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093929
MRDS ID A010187
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Single Rose, Mountain View, Summit, Climax

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.04619, 56.00255 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(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
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Texas Creek
    Rock description Texas Creek
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Hazelton Group
    Rock description Hazelton Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.04619, 56.00255
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hyder District

Comments on the production information

  • NO KNOWN PRODUCTION ON THIS PART OF PROPERTY, THOUGHT THERE WAS PRODUCTION AT LAST CHANCE CLAIM AND AT PARTS OF FISH CREEK PROPERTY IN KETCHIKAN QUADRANGLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND SHORT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODIES OF MASSIVE PYRRHOTITE IN COUNTRY ROCK THAT CARRIES DISSEMINATED SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-83 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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