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Malina Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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 10094076
MRDS ID A013225
Record type Site
Current site name Malina Bay
Related records 10258167

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.05249, 58.23942 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is located on the north shore of Malina Bay which is 2.5 miles southeast of Tanaak Cape on the west coast of Afognak Island (Cobb, 1972, MF 470, locality 1; Berg and Cobb, 1967, figure 15, locality 1; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 2). Location is probably accurate to within 1/2 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Afognak A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Afognak SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Afognak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ouzinkie Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = unknown silver mineral
  • Ore Material = unknown silver mineral

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.05249, 58.23942
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The discovery of an auriferous quartz vein at Malina Bay was first reported in 1911( Brooks and others, 1912). The vein is described as being up to 14 feet in width and occurring along a contact between slate and granite and diorite (Martin, 1913, p. 133-134). No additional information on this site has been reported.? the intrusive rocks appear to be part of the Afognak Plutonic Complex of probable Jurassic age. The slate belongs to a schistose belt of Jurassic-age metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks which extends northeast from Kodiak Island.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Information received by Martin (1913, p. 133-134) indicated that a 140-foot-long adit had been driven several years previously; however, there was some uncertainty as to whether the work was done on this prospect.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Martin, G.C., 1913, Mineral deposits of Kodiak and neighboring islands, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1912: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, p. 125-136.

  • Deposit

    Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Connelly, W., and Moore, J., 1979, Geologic map of the northwest side of Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 1057, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Afognak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-470, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1912, The mining industry in 1911, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1911: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520-A, p. 17-44.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Martin, 1913

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Auriferous quartz vein
Deposit Other Comments = the site is located on land conveyed to Koniag Corporation.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-98 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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