| Deposit ID | 10000370 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010437 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wilson Point |
| Related records | 10234084 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -145.6725, 60.6596 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This occurrence is on the north shore of Nelson Bay, about 1000 feet northeast of VABM Bluff. It is in the W1/2 sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 3 W., of the Copper River Meridian. Site location accurate to within 0.5 mile. Site corresponds to loc. 24 in Cobb (1972: MF-392). It also corresponds to loc. C-28 in Jansons and others (1984), but their plotted position of the site is in error. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cordova C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cordova C(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
Eyak Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
Chugach National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| Rock unit name | Orca Group;Orca Group |
| Rock description | Orca Group;Orca Group |
| (1) | -145.6725, 60.6596 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Copper River |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010437 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CV043 |
Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Goldfarb, R.J., Leach, D.L., Miller, M.L., and Pickthorn, W.J., 1986, Geology, metamorphic setting, and genetic constraints of epigenetic lode-gold mineralization within the Cretaceous Valdez Group, south-central Alaska, in Keppie, J.D., Boyle, R.W., and Haynes, S.J., eds., Turbidite-hosted gold deposits: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 32, p. 87-105.
Bliss, J.D., 1992, Grade and tonnage model of Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz veins: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2004, p. 44-46.
Schrader, F.C., 1900, A reconnaissance of a part of Prince William Sound and the Copper River district, Alaska, in 1898: U.S. Geological Survey 20th Annual Report, Part 7, p. 341-423.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-392, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Bliss, 1992; Goldfarb and others, 1986) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUN-2000 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |
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