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Fossil Bluffs Zinc Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096795
MRDS ID A013380
Record type Site
Current site name Fossil Bluffs Zinc Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.16748, 56.91445 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.2 MI. SE OF CORNWALLIS PT., ON N SIDE OF CORNWALLIS PENINSULA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Alexander D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Port Alexander NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Alexander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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

Comments on the location information

  • USGS OF 84-837, LOC. 3 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.16748, 56.91445
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE CONTAINS CRINOID, BRACHIOPOD FOSSILS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLING IN 1979.

Comments on development

  • DRILLED BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN 1979. CLAIMS STAKED IN AREA IN 1923. MUCH INTEREST IN AREA RECENTLY, WITH MANY CLAIMS STAKED IN 1970'S, MANY ACTIVE AS OF 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPHALERITE-CALCITE CEMENTED, BRECCIATED CARBINIFEROUS FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE.
Deposit VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT. MUCH CURRENT INTEREST IN AREA, MAY CONTAIN EITHER VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE OR MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE PB-ZN-BARITE DEPOSITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) 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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