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Francis Island

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233841
MRDS ID A013179
MAS/MILS ID 0021110054
Record type Site
Current site name Francis Island
Alternate or previous names Dixon, Dixon No. 2, T. P. Smith, M. V. Monville
Related records 10002275

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.18128, 58.62753 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
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-1(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 037 S 056 E 28 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.18128, 58.62753
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPECIFIC GOLD AND/OR SILVER MINERALS WERE NOT MENTIONED IN REFERENCES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-019

  • Deposit

    B783b p. 56

  • Deposit

    B800 p. 323

  • Deposit

    B1121K plate 1

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 16

  • Deposit

    OF280 p. 74

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 40, 45-46

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 p. 19

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 plates 1A, 1B, 2

Comments on the references

  • RATAJ, 1975, NO. 102 (BM UNPB NOTES)

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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