| Deposit ID | 10001531 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012279 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Howard |
| Alternate or previous names | Helen |
| Geographic coordinates: | -130.06564, 55.99671 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This prospect is at about 600 feet elevation, about 0.55 mile west of Skookum Creek, and about 5.5 miles north-northwest of Hyder. It is in the southwest corner of section 2, T. 68 S., R. 99 E., of the Copper River Meridian. The site corresponds to loc. 11 on plate 2 in Buddington (1929 [B 807]), and to loc. 1 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is accurate within about 0.1 mile.? Also see Additional comments. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ketchikan D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Ketchikan NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tongass 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 |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Texas Creek Granodiorite | ||||
| Rock description | Texas Creek Granodiorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -130.06564, 55.99671 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Hyder |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012279 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KC001 |
Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.
Cobb, E.H., and Elliott, R.L., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1053, 154 p.
Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.
Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Early reports also refer to prospect as Helen (Cobb and Elliott, 1980, p. 145). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 28-JUN-1999 | H.C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |
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