Unnamed Copper Occurrence

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 10002375
MRDS ID A013293
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.10644, 57.79779 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.85 MI. NW OF CANNERY ON N SHORE OF TENAKEE INLET., Within 0.25 Mi, Within 0.25 Mi

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

  • USGS I-388, SAMPLE LOC. 3; USGS MF-467, LOC. 46. LATITUDE COORDINATES GIVEN IN USGS OF 78-450, P. 109 ARE INCORRECT. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.10644, 57.79779

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIABASE DIKE IN DEVONIAN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1961
Discoverer Loney And Others

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • SAMPLED FOR USGS I-388 BETWEEN 1956 AND 1961.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, HEMATITE (?), COVELLITE, AND CALCITE VEIN IN DIABASE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.