Bruce Hills Copper-Molybdenum Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10002269
MRDS ID A013172
Record type Site
Current site name Bruce Hills Copper-Molybdenum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.35294, 58.98279 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF CENTRAL BRUCE HILLS, NEAR EL. 2221

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(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

  • USGS OF 78-494, FIG C-61, C-62, USGS P 632, LOC. 34, USGS MF-436, LOC. 41 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 Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Molybdite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.35294, 58.98279

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.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNDEFINED

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1967, 50 MORE IN 1968, 55 CLAIMS RELOCATED IN 1969, ALL CLAIMS NOW INACTIVE. SAMPLED BY USGS IN 1966, USBM IN 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-494, P. C-295-300, FIGS. C-61, 62, TABLE C-54 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS P 632 P. 48, 49, PLATE 1, LOC. 34 (1971)

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-436, LOC. 41

  • Other Database

    BAG-OF-78-494-FIG-C-62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN HEAVILY IRON-STAINED GRANODIORITE, WITH SMALL ROOF PENDANTS OF HORNFELS AND ANDESITE DIKES. GRANODIORITE IS SHATTERED AND BRECCIATED IN VICINITY OF NE-TRENDING FAULT ZONE. MINERALIZED ROCKS ARE MOSTLY ALTERED GRANODIORITE CONTAINING NUMEROUS SULFIDE-BEARING THIN QUARTZ VEINS, DISSEMINATED SULFIDES, AND MINERALIZED FRACTURE COATINGS. ORE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE AND INCLUDE CHALCOPYRITE, MOLYBDENITE, MALACHITE, AND MINOR MOLYBDITE, SPHALERITE, AND GALENA.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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