Baldy Lode Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002374
MRDS ID A013292
Record type Site
Current site name Baldy Lode Copper Prospect
Related records 10136902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.03894, 57.79917 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position IN SADDLE BETWEEN HILLS 2883 AND 2756, N SHORE OF TENAKEE INLET, 3.35 MI. E OF EAST POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(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

Comments on the location information

  • USBM CLAIM MAP OVERLAY OFR 20-73, LOC. 94. USGS MF-467, LOC. 46 IS WRONG LOCATION. 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE FOUND IN POLISHED THIN SECTION, NO NICKEL FOUND BY USGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.03894, 57.79917

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Discoverer Alfred Lagergren, O. Winerman

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUT MADE.

Comments on development

  • 3 NICKEL LODE CLAIMS STAKED IN 1923. INVESTIGATION BY USGS IN SAME YEAR FOUND NO NI PRESENT IN ANALYSIS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 773, P. 108-109 (1925)

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 20-73, LOC. 94 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 13 (1978)

  • Other Database

    USBM-OFR-20-73-94

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20 FT. WIDE RUSTY OXIDIZED MASS FOUND IN CONTACT BETWEEN DIORITE OR GRANODIORITE AND MARBLE, CONTAINS COARSE-GRAINED MIXTURE OF PYRITE, MAGNETITE, GARNET, PYROXENE, HEMATITE ROSETLES, QUARTZ, WITH CHALCOPYRITE FOUND IN THIN SECTION.
Deposit PYRRHOTITE FOUND IN NEARBY CLAIM, BUT NO NICKEL FOUND BY USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-SEP-94 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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