Teddy Bear

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10093957
MRDS ID A010554
Record type Site
Current site name Teddy Bear
Related records 10283124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.54455, 60.79036 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(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).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THOUGH GOLD IS VISIBLE TO UNAIDED EYE, ONLY TRACES SHOW UP IN CHANNEL SAMPLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SUFIDES MAKE UP ONLY 1% OR LESS OF QUARTZ FILLING

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.54455, 60.79036

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dike Is Offset By Several Small Right Lateral Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45-60 E
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings TUNNEL
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND A 50 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACID DIKE IS PARTIALLY (LOCALLY UP TO 30%) REPLACED BY QUARTZ AND MINERALIZED. IT'S AVERAGE WIDTH IS 2.5 FT. ORIENTATION OF DIKE IS SIMILAR TO COUNTRY ROCK. IT'S DIKE IS TRACEABLE FOR UP TO 4 MILES, BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR IF IT IS MINERALIZED FOR THIS DISTANCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED DATA INTO WORKINGS MULTIVALUED FIELDS
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 30-MAY-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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