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Polson and Ickis Group

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000228
MRDS ID A010265
Record type Site
Current site name Polson and Ickis Group
Alternate or previous names Prospect: Veta, Wano, Polson and Ickis, Claims: Apex, Astor, Daly-West, Hillside

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.02398, 54.94973 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixon Entrance D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern 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

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR VETA PROSPECT; OTHER SITES ARE LOCATED TO THE NW 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
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Xenotime Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Feldspars In Country Rock Are Largely Weathered To Clay Minerals

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE FROM 0.4%-5.7% CU
Result 0.02-0.58 OZ/TON AU WITH AVERAGES OF 2% CU AND 0.4 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.02398, 54.94973
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NO-25E
    Dip 70-80 SE
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AND SOME OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 4 SEPARATE FAULT ZONES CONTAIN DISCONTINUOUS VEINS UP TO 1 FOOT THICK MUCH BRECCIA AND GOUGE PRESENT. XENOTIME IS A MINOR ACCESSORY MINERAL IN COUNTRY ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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