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Tenakee Inlet Marble

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233581
MAS/MILS ID 0021140100
Record type Site
Current site name Tenakee Inlet Marble
Alternate or previous names Tenakee Inlet

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -135.1645, 57.78163 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-4 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

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 047 S 063 E 23 C S2N2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -135.1645, 57.78163
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARBLE CLAIMS PRIOR TO 1914. NO SIGN. WORK. INACTIVE 1976. COMPOSED OF MARBLE SEVERELY FRACTURED & IMPREGNATED WITH VOLC. SUCH THAT ONLY A FEW SMALL AREAS COULD BE QUARRIED. DEPOSIT WITHIN KENNEL CREEK LIMESTONE. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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