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Berg Mountain Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001367
MRDS ID A012108
Record type Site
Current site name Berg Mountain Occurrence
Related records 10258344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.69903, 58.95557 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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-6(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 I-303, SAMPLE 22 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.69903, 58.95557
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau/Glacier Bay N.M.

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACES OF YTTRIUM IN HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE OF PYRITIC SILICEOUS ROCK; AEROMAGNETIC ANOMALY NEARBY
Deposit STREAM SEDIMENTS TAKEN FROM BERG CR. AND TRIBS DRAINING SEVERAL SQ MI AREA OF DEVONIAN AND/OR SILURIAN VOLCANICS AND SILICEOUS ARGILLITE INDICATED HIGH CR; 700-1350 PPM (1966) AND UP TO 2000 PPM (1976) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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