1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unnamed Gold-Silver-Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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 10002395
MRDS ID A013313
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold-Silver-Copper Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.24641, 57.66141 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position AT S END OF HASSELBORG LAKE, 750 FT. W OF GAGING STATION

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 C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Admiralty Island National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Kootznoowoo 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

  • ADGGS GC 8, FIG. 3, LOC. 2; USGS MF-467, LOC. 67 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE-0.04 OZ/TON AU, 0.66 OZ/TON AG, 2% CU-ADGGS GC 8, P.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.24641, 57.66141
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966
Discoverer W.H. Race And A.W. Rose

Mining district

District name Admiralty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • SAMPLED IN 1966 FOR ADGGS GC 8.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF MASSIVE PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WITH SMALL AMOUNT QUARTZ IN SHEARED AND FRACTURED CHERT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.