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North Tip of Fleming Island Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
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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 10097396
MRDS ID W000378
Record type Site
Current site name North Tip of Fleming Island Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.32176, 57.79415 (WGS84)
Relative position MIRROR HARBOR, NORTH TIP OF FLIMING ISLAND, ALASKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BODY OF NORITE CARRYING PODS OF PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PENTLANDITE, PITCHES 75 DEG. SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chichagof Island

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL TONNAGE; MUCH MORE NOT POSSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPDATE BY GLENN L. SHAFFER, 1/75, RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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