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Gable Mountain

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209817
MRDS ID A003169
MAS/MILS ID 0021090005
Record type Site
Current site name Gable Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.56042, 59.08583 (WGS84)
Elevation 909
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

Skagway A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(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 032 S 053 E 19 SENW Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • UTM GRID DOES NOT LINE UP ON SKAGWAY A-5, GABLE MTN. DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Andesine Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.56042, 59.08583
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLYBDENUM IS KNOWN TO SUBSTITUTE IN SCHEELITE FOR TUNGSTEN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

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

    P632 p. 43

  • Deposit

    MF424

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 p. 83

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 pp. B52-B56, C313, C317, plates 1A, 1B,

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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