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Slocum Arm

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258352
MRDS ID A013291
MAS/MILS ID 0021140136
Record type Site
Current site name Slocum Arm
Alternate or previous names Mt. Rinehart Moly, Hidden Moly, Cobol Moly
Related records 10002373

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -135.7937, 57.47331 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 051 S 060 E 04 NESESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -135.7937, 57.47331
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John D. Ballard Et Al
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: JOHN D. BALLARD BOX 920 SITKA, ALASKA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • THORNE, 1952, 2P. (SEE BACK-UP FILE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED BY 1943. KNOWN STAKED 1952. 10 CLAIMS STAKED OR RESTAKED 1967. CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY TO PRESENT. WORKINGS CONSIST ONLY OF SURFACE PITS & OPENCUTS. FLOTATION TESTS IN 1952 INDICATED ORE WAS NOT AMENABLE TO SIMPLE BENEFICIATION. MOLY MIN. IN FISSURE NEAR INTERSECTION WITH LARGE DIKE- FILLED FAULT. DEPOSIT IN ANDESITIC VOLCANICS OF GOON DIP GREENSTONE. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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