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Unnamed (on Shapka Island)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308225
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Shapka Island)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.13043, 55.88627 (WGS84)
Relative position This site is located on the shore of Shapka Island approximately 2 miles south of Perryville. It represents several samples collected on the shoreline around the island. The site is referred to as SBRGX-47 in Wilson and others (1988, locality 21). The location is accurate to within 1,200 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepovak Bay D-4 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stepovak Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stepovak Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Alaska Maritime 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
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some of the dikes are described as 'altered'.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.13043, 55.88627
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is in rocks mapped as Eocene to Oligocene Mashik Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). Potassium-argon dating of hornblende from leuco-basalt gave an age of 43 million years (Wilson and others, 1994). Sandstone and siltstone are cut by felsic and porphyritic hornblende andesite(?) or diorite dikes. Some of the dikes are sulfide-bearing (Wilson and others, 1988). A slightly altered hornblende diorite dike is cut by a shear zone or by fractures filled with carbonate or quartz veins. Rock samples are reported to be anomalous in antimony and arsenic.
  • Age = Eocene or younger.

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 84ACe113-116, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980's, were reported to be anomalous in antimony and arsenic (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., Shew, N., DuBois, G.D., and Bie, S.W., 1994, Sample locality map and analytical data for potassium-argon ages in the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2155-E, 18 p., 1 map sheet, 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-NOV-00 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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