Unnamed (near Keating Range)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308073
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Keating Range)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.62584, 56.14574 (WGS84)
Relative position Coordinates are at the approximate center of block of forty-seven lode claims on the northern part of the Keating Range, western Etolin Island; staked in 1978 and active through at least 1981 (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980).

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 A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg S(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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.62584, 56.14574

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Block of forty-seven lode claims staked in 1978 and active through at least 1981. Rocks in the vicinity consist of augite-bearing flows, volcanic breccia, tuff, graywacke, phyllite, and slate of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Stephens Passage Group and their hornfelsed equivalents across the Mosman fault (Brew, 1997 [OF 97-156-A]).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Ketchikan

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Forty-seven lode claims staked in 1978 and active through at least 1981 (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg A-2 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-A, 22 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1980

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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