| Deposit ID | 10113086 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0021110112 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Boussole Bay Beach Sands |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -136.90739, 58.39471 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Fairweather B-3(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper River | 040 S | 051 E | 13 | SWSESW | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Titanium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Andesine | Unknown |
| Augite | Unknown |
| Biotite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Diopside | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Hornblende | Unknown |
| Hypersthene | Unknown |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Labradorite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Oligoclase | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Platinum | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphene | Unknown |
| Staurolite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -136.90739, 58.39471 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 640M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 240M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 15HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1976 |
| District name | Juneau District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 153000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 153000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0021110112 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SAMPLING ADEQUATE TO ASSESS TRUE TIO2 CONTENT BUT NOT TRUE AU CONTENT. SAMPLING IN 1976 WAS DONE WITH PVC TUBE, AUGER & SPLIT TUBE. NO ALASKA KARDEX. NO CLAIM RECORD WAS FOUND. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-FEB-1988 | Sbh | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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