Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000826
MRDS ID A011479
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Jack Bay Properties

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.56005, 61.03126 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jack Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)

State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Chugach 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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 30 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) Kaf

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VALDEZ GROUP GREENSTONE INTRUDES VALDEZ GROUP META SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY 25 FT TUNNEL, PRESENT CONDITION UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY HAS NOT BEEN WORKED ON SINCE 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED INCLUSIONS OF COUNTRY ROCK IN SHEARED GREENSTONE CARRYDISSEMINATED PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE
Deposit SEE ALSO: JACK BAY PROPERTIES, (BAG-OFR-80-892B-29) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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