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Stag Bay Gold Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002332
MRDS ID A013245
Record type Site
Current site name Stag Bay Gold Occurrence
Related records 10210080, 10185296

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.30121, 57.91721 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position N SIDE OF STAG BAY, 1.5 M. SE OF ENTRANCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-467, LOC. 9 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) -136.30121, 57.91721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEGREES E
    Dip 90 DEGREES
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • JUR-CRET DIORITE NEAR CONTACT WITH PAL (?) METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE OR NO DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE.

Comments on development

  • CLAIM LOCATED 1917. NO DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 692, P. 121 (1919)

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 9 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 97 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1058-E PLATE 12 (1959) (FOR AREA GEOLOGY)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-467-9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN, 1-3 FT WIDE AND EXTENDING 200 FT UP CLIFF, OCCURS IN DIORITE NEAR METAMORPHIC ROCKS. VEIN STRIKES N 30 DEGREES E, DIPS VERTICALLY, AND CONTAINS COLORS OF FREE GOLD WHEN CRUSHED, PANNED.
Deposit NO METALLIC MINERALS SEEN IN QUARTZ; OTHER VEINS OF SIMILAR APPEARANCE CUT DIORITE IN NUMBER OF PLACES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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-MAY-87 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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