Victoria

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308606
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.03275, 55.97877 (WGS84)
Relative position According to Buddington (1929, p. 67-68 [B 807]), the Victoria group of 25 claims, staked in the early 1900s, are four deep along the international boundary west of Mt. Dolly. The map site is at the presumed center of the group of claims, in section 13, T. 68 S., R. 99 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It is at about 2100 feet elevation, and 1.0 mile northwest of Mt. Dolly. The coordinates are for this site. The site corresponds to loc. 4 on pl. 2 in Buddington (1929) and to loc. 9 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is probably accurate within 0.3 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.03275, 55.97877

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this site are metamorphosed sedimentary strata of the Jurassic or Triassic Hazelton Group that are intruded by dikelike apophyses of the Eocene Hyder Quartz Monzonite batholith (Buddington, 1929; Smith, 1977; Berg and others, 1988). The deposit apparently consists of quartz fissure vein(s) in Hazelton metasedimentary rocks (Buddington, 1929, p. 67-68; Maas and others, 1995, p. 262, 592). The quartz contains sparse sulfide minerals that are not identified in descriptions of the deposit, but probably include at least sphalerite and galena. Float in the vicinity contained 141.9 ppm Ag and 16.64% Zn. The deposit was explored in the early 1900s by several short adits.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Hyder

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The deposit was explored in the early 1900s by several short adits.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Buddington, 1929 (B807); Maas and others, 1995

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1999 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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