| Deposit ID | 10000173 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010209 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Glacier |
| Alternate or previous names | Banded Mountain |
| Related records | 10282744 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -130.40148, 56.03977 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bradfield Canal A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Tongass National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| Rock unit name | Hazelton Group |
| Rock description | Hazelton Group |
| (1) | -130.40148, 56.03977 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Hyder |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010209 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BC017 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010206 |
Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p."
Smith, P.S., 1932, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1929: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824, p. 1-81.
Smith, P.S., 1933, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1930: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 836, p. 1-83.
Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1932: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 857-A, p. 1-91.
Smith, P.S., 1933, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1931, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 844-A, p. 1-82.
Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-A, p. 1-94.
Berg, H. C., Elliott, R.L., Smith, J.G., Pittman, T.L., and Kimball, A. L., 1977, Mineral resources of the Granite Fiords wilderness study area, Alaska, with a section on aeromagnetic data by Andrew Griscom: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1403, 151 p."
Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SITE IS IN MISTY FIORDS NATIONAL MONUMENT. SOME OF THE EARLY PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THIS SITE ARE VAGUE OR AMBIGUOUS [SMITH, 1932 (B824, P 17); 1933 (B836, P.15; B844-A, P. 17); 1934 (B857-A, P. 16; B864-A, P. 16)]. ELLIOTT AND KOCH (1981, P. 9) DESCRIBE GLACIER (BANDED MOUNTAIN?) (LOC. 17A) AND BANDED MOUNTAIN (GLACIER?) (LOC. 17B) SEPARATELY, BUT ASSIGN BOTH PROSPECTS IDENTICAL MAP COORDINATES. THIS RECORD ASSIGNS THEM THE SAME ARDF NUMBER, BUT OTHERWISE FOLLOWS ELLIOTT AND KOCH. EARLY PUBLICATIONS (SMITH, 1932, 1933, 1934) THAT INCLUDE VAGUE REFERENCES TO LODE PROSPECTS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF BANDED MOUNTAIN PROBABLY REFER TO THE GLACIER PROSPECT. THESE PROSPECTS ALSO WERE REFERRED TO AS THE METCALF AND FIN(D)LEY CLAIMS. |
| Deposit | THE COUNTRY ROCKS IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THIS SITE ARE GRAYWACKE AND ANDESITIC TUFF AND BRECCIA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP (BERG AND OTHERS, 1977, P. 15, 40, 41, AND PLATE 1). THE DEPOSIT AT THE GLACIER PROSPECT (BUDDINGTON, 1929, P. 120-121) CONSISTS OF QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS AS MUCH AS ONE FOOT THICK IN GRAYWACKE AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITE TUFF AND BRECCIA THAT IS CUT BY A TERTIARY LAMPROPHYRE DIKE 3 FEET THICK. THE VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE, SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRRHOTITE AND CHALCOPYRITE, AND RARELY, GALENA. ASSAYS SHOWED 0.04 OZ AU AND 6 OZ AG PER TON AND 3% CU. QUARTZ FLOAT NEAR THE GLACIER PROSPECT THAT MAY HAVE COME FROM THE GLACIER OR SIMILAR VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND MOLYBDENITE. IN 1972-73, A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FIELD TEAM SEARCHED FOR, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE, THIS PROSPECT (BERG AND OTHERS, 1977, P. 41). IN 1972-73, A U. S, BUREAU OF MINES FIELD TEAM (BERG, 1977, P. 132-133) INVESTIGATED A VIVID IRON-STAINED ZONE IN THE CLIFFS AT AN ELEVATION |
| Deposit | OF ABOUT 3000-4300 FEET ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF BANDED MOUNTAIN ABOUT ONE MILE DUE WEST OF THE SUMMIT. HAZELTON GROUP GNEISS AND SCHIST IN THE IRON-STAINED ZONE CONTAIN UP TO 2% PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE. ASSAYS OF CHIP SAMPLES OF THE ZONE SHOWED 10-60 PPM CU, 10-15 PPM PB, 30-150 PPM ZN, AND UP TO 10 PPM MO. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1983 | Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 12-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1998 | Berg, H. C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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