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Wood Lake

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  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 10160946
MRDS ID A002125
MAS/MILS ID 0021110016
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Lake
Alternate or previous names Wood Lake Dundas River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.48269, 58.53252 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
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 C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(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 038 S 054 E 34 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) KJse
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 10HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

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

  • PAST PRODUCTION REPORTED BUT YEAR OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ALASKA KARDEX. AREA WAS OVER FLOWN BY HELICOPTER. EVIDENCE OF EARLIER PLACER ACTIVITY NOT APPARENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Eggleston U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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