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Unnamed (on Cabin Creek)

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308091
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Cabin Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.21244, 55.58922 (WGS84)
Relative position This site represents 6 sample sites around Mount Dana. Four of the sites are about 3.5 miles south of Mount Dana, one is about 1.5 miles northeast of the mountains and one is 2.5 miles southwest of it (Ellis and Apel, 1989). The map site is at an elevation of about 650 feet on Cabin Creek, in the W1/2 of sec. 15, T. 53 S., R. 78 W., of the Seward Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Port Moller(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Moller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.21244, 55.58922
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of samples, collected at six sites, of volcanic ash erupted from Mount Dana. Battle Mountain Exploration Company determined that this ash is gold-bearing (Ellis and Apel, 1989). Gold content averaged 3 milligrams per cubic yard, with a high of 8.5 milligrams.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Battle Mountain Exploration Company collected and concentrated 27 samples of ash from Mount Dana. These averaged 3 milligrams gold per cubic yard, with a high of 8.5 milligrams (Ellis and Apel, 1989).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ellis, W.T., and Apel, R.A., 1989, Unga/Alaska Peninsula 1989 final report: Battle Mountain Exploration Company report, 41 p., 28 map sheets at various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Ellis and Apel, 1989

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-01 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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