Blackthorn Peak

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Iron
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 10185477
MAS/MILS ID 0021110118
Record type Site
Current site name Blackthorn Peak

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.57739, 58.57502 (WGS84)
Elevation 1012
Location accuracy 1000(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)

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 038 S 053 E 13 SWSENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.57739, 58.57502

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

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. 116

  • Deposit

    P632 p. 72

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 p. C267, plates 1A, 1B, 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETIC ANOMALY DISCOVERED BY MAGNETIC VARIATION INDICATED BY AN AIRPLANE COMPASS.

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.