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Geiger Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000243
MRDS ID A010281
Record type Site
Current site name Geiger Prospect
Related records 10136874

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.15733, 54.96084 (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-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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: 0.028% U. NO THORIUM DETECTED (THRESHOLD 0.001%)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.15733, 54.96084
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 85 SW
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE WAS ORIGINALLY RHYOCITE OR QUARTZ LATITE AND CUTS DEVONIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer R.L. Lee

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS IN FRACTURES IN DIKE. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OF 0.3 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR DETECTED

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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