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Bruce Hills Copper-Molybdenum Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
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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 10002270
MRDS ID A013173
Record type Site
Current site name Bruce Hills Copper-Molybdenum Prospect
Related records 10185928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.3385, 58.98612 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF CENTRAL BRUCE HILLS

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-63 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.3385, 58.98612
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer George A. Moerlein

Mining district

District name Juneau/Glacier Bay N.M.

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS LOCATED IN AREA IN 1967, 50 MORE IN 1968, 55 CLAIMS RELOCATED IN 1969. ALL CLAIMS NOW INACTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-494, FIG C-61, C-63, P. C-304, 305

  • Other Database

    BAG-OF-78-494-FIG-C-63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON-STAINED, FRACTURED QUARTZ DIORITE CONTAINS DISSEMINATIONS AND VEINLETS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE. SOME PYRITE IS ALSO PRESENT.
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

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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