Unnamed (near the Seldovia airport)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Graphite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10308350
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed (near the Seldovia airport)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-151.69255, 59.43946 (WGS84)
Relative position	The occurrence is near the Seldovia Airport. This location is accurate to within one mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seldovia B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seldovia SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seldovia C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Graphite Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Graphite	Ore

Alteration

(Local) None reported.

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-151.69255, 59.43946	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Martin (1920) reports some work was done at a graphite prospect at Seldovia. Cobb (1979, OFR 80-87) reports seeing some graphite in a roadcut near the airport. These are the only references to the occurrence.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Homer

Comments on the reserve resource information

Reserves = None reported.

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = None reported.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	SV029

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52.
Deposit

Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 80-87, 47 p.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Cobb, 1979 (OFR 80-87)

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Insufficient data to classify

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	28-MAR-99	Jeff A. Huber	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.