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Unnamed (near Hag Peak on Kupreanof Peninsula)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308219
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Hag Peak on Kupreanof Peninsula)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.54243, 55.69926 (WGS84)
Relative position The map site of this occurrence is at an elevation of about 500 feet on Kupreanof Peninsula, about 0.4 mile north of Hag Peak. It is referred to as SBRGX-41 in Wilson and others (1988, locality 15). The location is accurate to within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepovak Bay C-5 and C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Stepovak Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stepovak Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shelikof Strait(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration consists of pink to tan bleaching of originally dark-green andesitic(?) breccia.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.54243, 55.69926
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is in bedded rocks of the Paleocene to Eocene Stepovak Bay Formation, near a small diorite or quartz diorite intrusion (Wilson and others, 1995). Wilson and others (1988) describe altered volcanic andesitic(?) breccia cut by a series of N 70 E-trending vertical shear zones. Some of the shears contain mineralized quartz veins. Alteration appears along shears and extends for approximately 600 feet along the beach east of the map site (Wilson and others, 1988). Rock samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980s were reported to be anomalous in silver, lead, zinc, arsenic, and bismuth (Angeloni and others, 1985; Wilson and others, 1988).
  • Age = Tertiary.

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 = Rock samples 83AWs85-86 collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980's were reported tp be anomalous in silver, lead, zinc, arsenic, and bismuth (Angeloni and others, 1985; Wilson and others, 1988).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Angeloni, L.M., Wilson, F.H., and Sutlet, S., 1985, Map and tables showing preliminary rock geochemical data, Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-470, 179 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Wilson and others, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Deposit Other Comments = the site is on the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-NOV-00 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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

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