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Alaska Chief

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258464
MRDS ID A031391
MAS/MILS ID 0021110066
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Chief
Alternate or previous names W.F. Hanna, Peacock Nos. 1-2, Grizzly, The Nature Conservancy, C.J. Frazey, V.W. Donaldson, Gray Eagle Mine, Alaska Chief Nos. 1-3, C.C. Snyder, Mrs. Vernon Mackay, Mary N. Donaldson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.09237, 58.43692 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
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 B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SW(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 040 S 056 E 01 NENENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Zoisite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.09237, 58.43692
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 00W
    Thickness 18M
    Length 46M
    Width 9M
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N30W:00W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 830321

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1899

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Nature Conservancy
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald J W
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Inferred 25400mt ore
    Total resources 25400mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
    Silver Ag 68.5999 g/mt Silver Major 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-028

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-054

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF78-494 p. C353

  • Deposit

    MR111-1 p. 37

  • Deposit

    ECON G 3801 pp. 72-73

  • Deposit

    OF195 pp. 221-222

  • Deposit

    B1121K p. 49, plate 1

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 162

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 3, 5, 45-48, 69, 73

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    AOF47 p. 1

  • Deposit

    OF78-374 pp. 7-8

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 pp. C353, D16, plates 1A, 1B, 2

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-12

Comments on the references

  • RATAJ, 1975, NOS. 41-47 (BM UNPB NOTES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM PATENTED IN 1924 CLAIM DELINQUENT UNDER REAL PROPERTY LAW EXISTING ORE PILE IN FRONT OF ADIT LOCATION RESERVE TONNAGE TAKEN FROM MACKEVETT OFR 280 IN SITU DENSITY OBTAINED FROM OFR 280

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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