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Cub Mtn. 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002333
MRDS ID A013246
Record type Site
Current site name Cub Mtn. Gold Occurrence
Related records 10282381

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.28232, 57.88443 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.35 MI. SE OF CUB MTN.

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. 10 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
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF VEIN INDICATE ABOUT 1 OZ/TON AU-USGS B 1058-E, P. 213

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) -136.28232, 57.88443
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer D.L. Rossman

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED AND SAMPLED BY D.L. ROSSMAN IN 1948 DURING FIELD WORK FOR USGS B 1058-E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 10 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1058-E, P. 213 (1959)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 37 (1978)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-467-10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING VISIBLE GOLD CROPS OUT ON ROUNDED GLACIATED SURFACE, AND IS 1 FT. THICK AND CAN BE TRACED IN ISOLATED OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 50 FT.. VEIN MAY EXTEND FURTHER, BUT IS COVERED.
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-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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