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Unnamed (along Harvey Creek)

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308052
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (along Harvey Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.06587, 56.56674 (WGS84)
Relative position This small mine on northwestern Woewodski Island is about 300 yards from the shoreline along the trail that goes from saltwater to the Harvey Lake Forest Service cabin. Locality 34 of Grybeck, Berg, and Karl (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) Keg
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Several narrow quartz veins with rare disseminated pyrite and arsenopyrite cut light greenish gray, felsic metatuff. Said to have been worked in a small way during the Depression in the 1930's (Grybeck, Berg, and Karl, 1984).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Production uncertain but probably a very small amount of gold recovered during the 1930's.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Old prospect along the creek said have been worked during the Depression in the 1930's; a small Pelton wheel and hammer mill still remained at the site in the early 1980's.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grybeck, Berg, and Karl, 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-98 H.C. Berg and D.J. Grybeck U.S. Geological Survey

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