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Glacier Creek Lode

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. 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 10258674
MRDS ID A013088
MAS/MILS ID 0021090026
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Creek Lode
Alternate or previous names Palmer Barite, M.V.P. 1-2, Little Jarvis Glacier Lode, May Group, Steep Group, Marmot Group
Related records 10002190

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.38964, 59.39694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 028 S 053 E 34 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.38964, 59.39694
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1971

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alyu Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alyu Mining Corp.
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1984
  • Type Operator
    Owner Southeast Mining ? -C. C. Hawley
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1984

Comments on the ownership information

  • OPERATOR ADDRESS: ANACONDA PRIMARY METALS DIVISION MINERAL RESOURCE GROUP 3201 C ST., SUITE 501 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99503 OWNER ADDRESS: ALYU MINING CORPORATION HAINES, ALASKA 99827

Comments on the production information

  • VERBAL COMMO PHIL HOLDSWORTH AND D. CARNES ON JUNE 6, 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA FIRST RECOGNIZED IN 1900. ACTIVE CLAIMS STAKED IN 1969, 1970, 1971 & 1974. 190 CLAIMS ACTIVE IN 1976. COMPOSED OF SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ & BARITE VEINS IN LARGE ALTERED FAULT ZONE IN SCHIST & PHYLLITE. BARITE LODE EST. AT 30 FT BY ABOUT 1/2 MI AND GREATER THAN 1000 FT VERTICAL EXTENT (MACKEVETT, 1971). NUNATAK BA-AG ANOMALY TO SW MAY BE FAULT CONTROLLED EXTENSION OF GLACIER CREEK LODE. HYDROTHERMAL ORIGIN FOR THIS BA-AG-BASE METAL DEPOSIT POST- DATES REGIONAL METAMORPHISM. DEPOSIT LOCATED IN STRUCTURALLY FAVORABLE SITES & ASSOC. W/ QTZ.-DIORITIC INTRUSIVES. FURTHER EXPLORATION RECOMMENDED (CONWELL). NO WORKINGS, PRODUCTION OR ESTIMATED VALUES. ALYU LEASED CLAIM TO ANACONDA FOR FIVE YEARS. Four Glacier Creek occurrences consist of Main, Cap, Hanging Glacier, and Nunatak. These occurrences are geologically similar: they are hosted within the Glacier Creek sequence in marine basalts, andesites, and sediments and they are roughly strataform and consist of barite with varying amounts of sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite. MAIN: Large iron-stained zone with mineralization consists two lenses averaging 60% barite, 1.73% zinc, and and 60 ppm silver.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1995 Hfd U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Anaconda Co. — dissolved ~1977
    Acquired by Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) in 1977 and shut down most operations in the 1980s. Mineral assets were sold off piecemeal; some are now in Glencore via intermediate owners.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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