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Haley and Hanlon Copper-Nickel Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel, Cobalt
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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 10002386
MRDS ID A013304
Record type Site
Current site name Haley and Hanlon Copper-Nickel Prospect
Related records 10112856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.19196, 57.04193 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MI. E OF SITKA, 1,500 FT. E OF HERRING COVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-467, LOC. 58 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
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.99% CU, 0.20% NI, 0.09% CO-USGS B 947-C, P. 64

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.19196, 57.04193
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 10 DEGREES W
    Dip 80 DEGREES E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 FT. ADIT ALONG FAULT.

Comments on development

  • TWO CLAIMS STAKED IN 1943 BY CHARLES HALEY AND WILLIAM HANLON, ADIT DRIVEN, NO PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 58 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 947-C, P. 63-64 (1946)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 54 (1978)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-467-58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT DRIVEN IN N 10 DEGREES W STRIKING, 80 DEGREES E DIPPING FAULT IN HORNBLENDITE. PYRRHOTITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN SMALL, IRREGULAR MASSES ALONG FAULT, WITH MASSIVE SULFIDE PODS UP TO 2-3 FT. LONG AND 10 IN. WIDE.
Deposit DEPOSIT APPEARS TO HAVE NO ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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