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Se Alaska

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Vanadium, Iron, Titanium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000853
MRDS ID ISM0740
Record type District
Current site name Se Alaska
Alternate or previous names Union Bay, Klukwan, Snettisham, Duke Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.90212, 59.44975 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSITS STRETCH FROM APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES TO 55 DEGREES N AND FROM 132 DEGREES TO 136 DEGREES W BOTH ON US MAINLAND AND ON OFF-SHORE ISLANDS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.90212, 59.44975
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description ZONED ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1946

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner US GOVERNMENT (?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KENNEDY, G.C. AND WALTON, M.S. JR., 1946. GEOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOME ULTRABASIC ROCK BODIES IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 947-D, P. 65-84.

  • Deposit

    KLEMIC, HARRY, 1970. IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USA, PUERTO RICO, MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: N.Y., UNITED NATIONS DEPT. ECON. AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, P. 411-477.

  • Deposit

    THORNE, R.L. AND WELLS, R.R., 1956. STUDIES OF THE SNETTISHAM MAGNETITE DEPOSIT, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5195, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, R.R. AND THORNE, R.L., 1953, CONCENTRATION OF KLUKWAN, ALASKA, MAGNETITE ORE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INVE. 4984, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.P., 1975, VANADIUM RESOURCES IN TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 926-B, 10 P.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1974, COPPER, GOLD, PLATIUM AND PALLADIUM SAMPLE RESULTS FROM THE KLUKWAN MAFIC/ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-21, 54 P.

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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