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Ironton Group

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308681
Record type Site
Current site name Ironton Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.34189, 56.80974 (WGS84)
Relative position Description not entirely clear but the Ironton Group consisted of five claims staked along the shoreline of upper half of Tower Arm, probably on the west shore (Roehm, 1946 [IR 195-41]). Location known only to within two miles of shoreline but likely to be in section 19 or 30, T. 58 S., R. 76 E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg D-5 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Petersburg N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.34189, 56.80974
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Roehm (1945 [IR 195-41]) describes the prospects as a zone of mineralized schist that outcrops at high tide. Pyrite is disseminated and in narrow thin seams in the schist. Small specks of sphalerite and galena occur in some of the thicker seams. Recent geologic mapping (Sue Karl, oral communication, 1998) indicates that the rocks on the west side of Tower Arm definitely include Devonian schists and may include some of the Triassic Hyd Group that hosts volcanogenic massive-sulfide deposits in the region.
  • Age = Unknown.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = None

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = None

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = An old obscure prospect that has hardly been mentioned in a half century. However, the area is probably presently under claim in one of the large claim blocks that have staked in the vicinity in the last several years as a result of renewed interest in the Duncan Canal area.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Roehm, 1946 (IR 195-41)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Too little information to assign.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1998 H.C. Berg and D.J. Grybeck U.S. Geological Survey

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