Little Joe Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000242
MRDS ID A010280
Record type Site
Current site name Little Joe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.14621, 54.92195 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

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

  • LITTLE JIM PROSPECT IS LOCATED 1500FT N59W FROM GIVEN LOCATION AT 1600 FT LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS ARE UNSPECIFIED U-TH MINERALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Riebeckite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE: 0.095%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite > Peralkaline Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 186
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 181
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 171
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite > Peralkaline Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 181
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 171
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Chronological age 186
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.14621, 54.92195

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Vertical Fault N75w Cuts Across Both Prospect Sites.

Ore body information

  • Strike N65-25W AND N15-30W
    Dip 35-50 SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 243.84M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Donald Marx

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SETS OF SUBPARALLEL DIKES RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 2FT. MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY RECORDED WAS 0.9 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR.
Deposit INCLUDES REFERENCES TO LUCKY JIM PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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