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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10001615
MRDS ID A012379
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence
Related records 10112990

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.55843, 55.17474 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Annette Island Indian Reservation(American Indian Reservation)

American Indian Reservation BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS I-684, LOC. 19 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Annette Pluton
    Rock description Annette Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite > Trondhjemite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -131.55843, 55.17474
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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 Ketchikan

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, HEMATITE AND SEC ONDARY CU MINERALS IN BRECCIA ZONES UP TO 1 IN WIDE AND SEVERAL FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1986 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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