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Mt. Young No. 2 Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001363
MRDS ID A012104
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Young No. 2 Occurrence
Related records 10258637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.57847, 58.88807 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717; SITE IS MISLABELED J019 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 24-FT CHIP SAMPLE TAKEN AT 1/2-FT INTERVALS ACROSS HEAVILY PYRITIZED ZONE CONTAINED 350 PPM CU (AA), 7 PPM MO, .05 PPM AU (AA), 7 PPM AG AND TRACE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.57847, 58.88807
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONES CUT HIGHLY HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED VOLCANIC (?) ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mining district

District name Juneau/Glacier Bay N.M.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANKERITE ZONES UP TO 30 FT THICK AND HEAVILY PYRITIZED ZONES CONTAINING CU, MO, AU, AG AND W
Deposit SEE ALSO: MT. YOUNG NO. 1, MT. YOUNG NO. 3 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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