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Shelton Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000100
MRDS ID A010123
Record type Site
Current site name Shelton Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Lavina, Roman, Rosalie
Related records 10258664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.65598, 55.43029 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig B-2 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES EQUAL 1% TO 2% OF VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE HAD 0.25% CU
Result LOW AU AND AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.65598, 55.43029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 65SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRAFT AND WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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