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Baker Peak Gold-Silver-Copper Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002342
MRDS ID A013258
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Peak Gold-Silver-Copper Prospect
Related records 10185386

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.2401, 57.81665 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 300 FT. N OF SUMMIT OF MT. BAKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

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-1476-B, LOC. 9; USGS MF-467, LOC. 20. 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
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHANNEL SAMPLES ALSO CONTAIN MINOR AU AND AG-USGS MF-1476-B, P. 8

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO CHANNEL SAMPLES BY USBM AVERAGED 2.0% CU AND 7.5% CU-USGS OF 84-572, P. 259, LOC. 30.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Goon Dip Greenstone;
    Rock description Goon Dip Greenstone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.2401, 57.81665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 30 DEGREES 40 DEGREES W
    Dip 70 DEGREES W
    Length 121.92M
    Width 3.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOON DIP GREENSTONE (NO KIDDING!).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, ONE AT 1,440 FT. EL., 130 FT. LONG WITH 30 FT. OF CROSSCUTS, ONE AT 1,360 FT. EL. 50 FT. LONG, AND ONE AT 1,875 FT. 91 FT. LONG. A 10 FT. SHAFT IS AT 1,850 FT. EL.. SEVERAL TRENCHES (COLLAPSED ASOF 1982) WERE CUT.

Comments on development

  • 7 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1910, 6 CLAIMS RELOCATED IN 1916 AS GOLD-COPPER GROUP. 90 CLAIMS RECORDED IN AREA. 3 TUNNELS, 1 SHAFT DRIVEN AND SEVERAL TRENCHES CUT. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GREENSTONE CUT BY HIGHLY ALTERED APLITE DIKES, BOTH CONTAINING DISSEMINATIONS, STRINGERS, AND MASSIVE PODS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE. MOST HIGHLY MINERALIZED ZONE IS 350-400 FT. LONG, UP TO 13 FT. WIDE.
Deposit PAST EXPLORATION, GEOCHEMICAL RESULTS, AND MINERALIZED FLOAT INDICATE POSSIBLE 2-3 MI. EXTENSION OF MAIN MINERALIZED ZONE. ; 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-JUN-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.

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