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Bbh Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10002435
MRDS ID A013358
Record type Site
Current site name Bbh Uranium Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bbh No. 1 Claim
Related records 10136942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.00248, 57.5342 (WGS84)
Elevation 14
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ON E SHORE OF SMALL ARM, 0.95 MI. FROM MOUTH, ON N SIDE OF ENDICOTT ARM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumdum C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sumdum N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sumdum(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS B 1525, PLATE 3, LOC. C-7 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEGMATITE LENSES HAVE 10 TIMES BACKGROUND (DIORITE) RADIOACTIVITY

Analytical data

Result PEGMATITE SAMPLES UP TO 16.1 PPM U (90 PPM EU), ACCORDING TO USGS B 1525, P. 199, 208. 2 PEGMATITE SAMPLES ASSAYED 35 AND 45 PPM U, SAMPLE COLLECTED BY OWNER ASSAYED 0.032% U, ACCORDING TO ADGGS GR 44, P. 34-39.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.00248, 57.5342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 36.58M
    Width 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURE OF WORKINGS NOT DEFINED

Comments on development

  • BBH NO. 1 CLAIM STAKED IN 1955. CLAIM INACTIVE (1984). SAMPLED BY EAKINS IN 1970, BY USBM-USGS IN MID 1970'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1525, P. 199, 208, PLATE 3, LOC. C-7 (1984)

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GR 44, P. 34-39 (1975)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-1525-PL-3-C-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR ELLIPTICAL ALTERED ZONES CONTAIN PEGMATITIC ALBITE LENSES IN GRANODIORITE, LARGEST 120 FT. BY 20 FT., SMALLEST 45 FT. BY 35 FT..

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-87 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.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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