Orange Point

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136561
MRDS ID A013141
MAS/MILS ID 0021110091
Record type Site
Current site name Orange Point
Alternate or previous names North Shore Johns Hopkins Inlet., Locality 64.
Related records 10002239

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -137.00212, 58.92282 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Location accuracy 100(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 D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Fairweather NE(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 034 S 050 E 13 SESENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Albite Unknown
Andesine Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -137.00212, 58.92282

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the production information

  • ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE ALTERED ZONES ARE LARGE, ALL OF THEM APPEAR TO BE TOO LOW GRADE TO ENCOURAGE EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MR111-1 pp. 52-80

  • Deposit

    ECON G 3801 pp. 52-80

  • Deposit

    OF280 pp. 86-87

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 38-39, 51-52

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 p. 26

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 plates 1A, 1B, 2

  • Deposit

    OF78-494

  • Deposit

    OF81-122 p. 82, No. 111

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ALASKA KARDEX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.