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Fish, Collins and Stewart

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093942
MRDS ID A010385
Record type Site
Current site name Fish, Collins and Stewart
Related records 10258233

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.14063, 60.81956 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach 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

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite And Graywacke Are Contact Metamorphosep

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group; Esther Granite
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group;Esther Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.14063, 60.81956
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N7-22E
    Dip 85W
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Marks Contact Between Granite And Country Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN WITH GOUGE ON BOTH HANGING AND FOOT WALLS IS AT GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK CONTACT AND HAS UP TO 2 FEET OF QUARTZ, WHICH IS FINE GRAINED AND BLUISH WHITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan 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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