Hall Cove Duke Island

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Copper, Iron, Nickel, PGE
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136985
MRDS ID A002685
MAS/MILS ID 0021220002
Record type Site
Current site name Hall Cove Duke Island
Alternate or previous names Hall Cove
Related records 10136786

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -131.37234, 54.93784 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prince Rupert D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Duke Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prince Rupert(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 080 S 093 E 15 NE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -131.37234, 54.93784

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • TAYLOR&NOBLE, 1960, 21 INT. G. CON., COPENHAGEN, P. 175-187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB M045394 ALL ACTIVITY BETWEEN 1955 AND 1962. WORK BLASTING, EXCAVATION, GEOLOGIC & MAGNETIC MAPPING, DIAMOND DRILLING AND AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY. MOST WESTERLY OF TWO DUKE ISLAND ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES. LOCATION APPROXIMATED NEAR CENTER OF PERIDOTITE-DUNITE CORE. USGS CRIB M045394

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAR-1993 Peb 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.