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Sockeye

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307672
Record type Site
Current site name Sockeye

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.49175, 55.05974 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is known only from U.S. Bureau of Mines (1977) claim records. Its approximate location is at about 200 feet elevation, about 0.2 mile southeast of the outlet of Tamgas Lake. The site is in section 2, T. 79 S., R. 92 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 152 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is probably accurate within about 0.5 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Annette Island Indian Reservation(American Indian Reservation)

American Indian Reservation UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -131.49175, 55.05974
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this site is recrystallized diorite of Silurian or Ordovician age (Berg, 1972 [I 684]). According to U.S. Bureau of Mines claim records (1977), this prospect, which is in the diorite, was staked for uranium or for other radioactive minerals. No other information about it has been made public.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Ketchikan

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Elliott and others, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUL-99 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.