Brenneman

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002656
MRDS ID A015096
Record type Site
Current site name Brenneman
Alternate or previous names Brennan
Related records 10137208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.22247, 57.94941 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is located on the southwest side of Kupreanof Peninsula on Viekoda Bay in sec. 6?, T. 26 S., R. 24 W., of the Seward Meridian (Berg and Cobb, 1967, figure 15, locality 2; Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 9; McGee, 1972, locality 9; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 9). Site location is accurate to within 1/2 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kodiak D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kodiak NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kodiak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 274
USGS model code 36a.1
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type
Mark3 model number 26

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.22247, 57.94941

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This prospect was first described by Brooks (1915) as an auriferious quartz vein developed by a 56-foot-long adit. The vein cuts Cretaceous metasediments, and is said to have a thickness of up to 2 1/2 feet and to carry free gold. No additional information regarding geology, production, or development is available.
  • Age = Cretaceous or younger

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = This prospect was developed by a 56-foot adit in 1914.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1937

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1), turbidite-hosted gold vein.
Deposit Other Comments = Site is located on state land.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1998 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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