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Wood Cove Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000231
MRDS ID A010268
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Cove Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.52124, 54.82193 (WGS84)
Elevation 15

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-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Forrester Island(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

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE CONTENT OF 11 SAMPLES GAVE 200 PPM MO
Result QUARTZ VEINS RAN 500-700 PPM MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.52124, 54.82193
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1969

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 TYPES OF VEIN ARE PRESENT: QUARTZ-MOLYBDENITE, QUARTZ-PYRITE-MOLYBDENITE, EPIDOTE, AND PYRITE. QUARTZ-MOLYBDENITE VEINS ARE 1-6 IN THICK. AVERAGE DENSITY IS 4-8 VEINS PER SQ. FT., HALF OF WHICH HAVE MEGASCOPIC MOLYBDENITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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