Shag Cove

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234200
MRDS ID A013178
MAS/MILS ID 0021110053
Record type Site
Current site name Shag Cove
Related records 10002274

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.34649, 58.64412 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather C-2 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 037 S 055 E 21 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.34649, 58.64412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 75N
    Width 20M
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50E:75N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPECIFIC COBALT, SILVER AND/OR ZINC MINERALS WERE NOT MENTIONED IN THE REFERENCES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1971

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B1058C pp. 61-117, plate 6

  • Deposit

    P632 p. 51

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 p. 58

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 p. C366, plates 1A, 1B, 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.