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Carter Claims

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10000309
MRDS ID A010358
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Claims
Alternate or previous names Claims: O.K. No. 1, New York
Related records 10209676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.95175, 60.94928 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach 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

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYS SAID TO BE HIGH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.95175, 60.94928
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock Is Schistose

Ore body information

  • Strike S 70-85 W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 0.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer H.M. Carter

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PARALLEL FISSURES HAVE STRINGERS AND CENSES OF QUARTZ. FISSURES VARY FROM 4 TO 12 IN THICK, WITH ENCLOSED VEINS UP TO 10 IN THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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