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Little Giant

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283030
MRDS ID A011469
MAS/MILS ID 0020860049
Record type Site
Current site name Little Giant
Alternate or previous names July, Mountain King, Rose, Rose Quartz, Star, Quitsch, Mineral Creek, Devinney and Dolan, T.J. Devinney, W.H. Dolan, Giant Nos. 1-3, R.C. Cacey, Independent, Missing Link, Eldorado
Related records 10100960

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -146.29566, 61.2146 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 007 S 006 W 34 SWNWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -146.29566, 61.2146
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N83W
    Dip 66N
    Width 0.7M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N83W:66N
    Date of Last Modification 881220

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • USGS CRIB A003775 USGS CRIB A003794 USGS CRIB A003818 USGS CRIB A003830 Workings consist of a shaft, 3 small inclined shafts, and a 50.3 m.-long adit.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-009

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-103

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-104

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-190

  • Deposit

    B592d p. 63

  • Deposit

    B592k p. 239

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 45

  • Deposit

    B622j pp. 153, 163-164, 168-169

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 66, 68

  • Deposit

    B642g p. 144

  • Deposit

    BMB142 pp. 42, 52

  • Deposit

    B662h p. 190

  • Deposit

    PE86-2 3 pp.

  • Deposit

    B783a p. 8

  • Deposit

    IR JGS 26b p. 2

  • Deposit

    B792a p. 10

  • Deposit

    B797a p. 11

  • Deposit

    B813a p. 18

  • Deposit

    MR193-2 p. 18

  • Deposit

    MR193-2 pp. 3-4, 6

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 22

  • Deposit

    B836a p. 22

  • Deposit

    B868A p. 22

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 360901 pp. 11, 14

  • Deposit

    B880A pp. 22, 24

  • Deposit

    B910A pp. 27-28

  • Deposit

    C184 p. 4

  • Deposit

    MF438

  • Deposit

    B520h pp. 108-130

  • Deposit

    B622c pp. 15-68

  • Deposit

    OF79-1241 167 pp.

  • Deposit

    MR32

  • Deposit

    B1139 363 pp.

  • Deposit

    MLA62-82 24 pp.

  • Deposit

    IR JGS 2505 1 p.

  • Deposit

    B810 174 pp.

  • Deposit

    BMOF69-73

  • Deposit

    OF80-892B

  • Deposit

    MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V-21).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1988 Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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