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Unnamed (on Holgate Arm)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000427
MRDS ID A010594
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Holgate Arm)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.86948, 59.8484 (WGS84)
Relative position Holgate Arm is a northwest trending fjord of Aialik Bay. The occurrence is near the mouth of Holgate glacier in the NW1/4 of section 7, T. 4 S., R. 3 W., of the Seward Meridian. This is both Cobb and Holloway's (1980) and Tysdal's (1978) location 113, and MacKevett 's (1977) location 11. This location is accurate to within a quarter of a mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blying Sound D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Blying Sound NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blying Sound(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Resurrection River-Frontal Resurrection Bay(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kenai Fjords National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.86948, 59.8484
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Eocene iron-stained dikes cut hornfelsed, Upper Cretaceous Valdez Group metasediments. One sample contained 0.3 ppm Au (Tysdal, 1978).
  • Age = Eocene; auriferous dike is that age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

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 = A single sample of iron-stained dike contained 0.3 ppm gold (Tysdal, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H. and Tysdal, R.G., 1980, Summaries of data on and list of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-621, 276 p.

  • Deposit

    Tysdal, R.G., 1978, Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-880-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Tysdal, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Insufficient information to classify.
Deposit Other Comments = This occurrence is in Kenai Fjords National Park; the area is now closed to mineral entry.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-1999 Jeff A. Huber U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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