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Glacier Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000483
MRDS ID A010664
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Marmot?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.39381, 59.39418 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Within 1000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CANADA-US BORDER WEST OF KLUKWAN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SECONDARY CU, PB, & ZN MINERALS REPORTED IN MINOR AMOUNTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary Mins Include: Gypsum, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Limonite, Anglesite, Cerussite, Smithsonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.39381, 59.39418
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRATIFORM DEPOSITS OCCUR IN SEQUENCE OF MAFIC VOLCANICS, PHYLLITIC SILTSTONE, AND LIMESTONE. DEPOSITS MAY BE PALEOZOIC OR UPPER TRIASSIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Merrill Palmer

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 832, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 45

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.C., 1976 EXPLORATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF STRATIFORM SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN ALASKA: IN SYMPOSIUM ON RECENT AND ANCIENT SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IN ALASKA, T.P. MILLER EX: ALASKA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ANCHORAGE, P. T1-T28.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PREDOMINANTLY BARITE WITH BASAL UNIT OF MASSIVE-SULFIDE WITH 1 TO 3% EACH OF CU, ZN, & PB, AND 2 TO 4 OZ/TON AG. MAINLY SUNGENETIC WITH MINOR EPIGENETIC FEATURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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