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Unnamed (on Nagai Island)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  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 10308217
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Nagai Island)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.8824, 55.20925 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is located on Nagai Island near the point between Northwest Bight and Pirate Shake. The site is 0.3 mile west-northwest of triangulation station Wreck. It is referred to as SBRGX-39 in Wilson and others (1988, locality 13). The location is accurate to within 1,200 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepovak Bay A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Shumagin Islands N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stepovak Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.8824, 55.20925
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks at this site are sedimentary strata of the Lower Cretaceous Shumagin Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). The sedimentary rocks are intruded by a pyritized granodiorite sill. Anomalous values in arsenic, copper, and zinc have been reported both in sedimentary rock and in the intrusive (Wilson and others, 1988).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Rock samples 84ACe102a-c collected by the U. S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980's, were reported to be anomalous in arsenic, copper, and zinc (Wilson and others, 1988).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Angeloni, L.M., Wilson, F.H., and Sutlet, S., 1985, Map and tables showing preliminary rock geochemical data, Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-470, 179 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Wilson and others, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = This occurrence is located on lands selected by the Aleut Corporation.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-00 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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