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Willoughby Island Marble

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10258394
MAS/MILS ID 0021110098
Record type Site
Current site name Willoughby Island Marble
Alternate or previous names Mars, Little Clooch Cove

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.09488, 58.58303 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
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 038 S 056 E 12 SESESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.09488, 58.58303
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830503

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

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

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-010

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-021

  • Deposit

    B592f p. 100

  • Deposit

    B682 pp. 44-45

  • Deposit

    PE111-1

  • Deposit

    MR111-1 pp. 69, 79

  • Deposit

    ECON G 3801 pp. 69, 79

  • Deposit

    P632 p. 85

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 pp. 41, 60

  • Deposit

    OF78-494

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 p. C365, plates 1A, 1B, 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Unknown 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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