Dundas Bay Tungsten

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112647
MRDS ID A013183
MAS/MILS ID 0021110131
Record type Site
Current site name Dundas Bay Tungsten
Related records 10002279

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.56268, 58.45912 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Fairweather SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 039 S 054 E 30 NWNESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Amphibole Unknown
Andesine Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Bismuthinite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Grossularite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Powellite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Topaz Unknown
Tremolite Unknown
Vesuvianite Unknown
Wollastonite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.56268, 58.45912

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS INCLUDING DIORITES DERIVED FROM EARLIER SEDIMENTS AND META VOLCANICS OF PERHAPS SILURIAN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B1058C p. 62

  • Deposit

    P632 p. 84

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 pp. C257-C263, plates 1A, 1B, 2, 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-1995 Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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