| Deposit ID | 10002658 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015098 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Whale Island |
| Alternate or previous names | Friedland and Associates |
| Related records | 10234222 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -152.84247, 57.96942 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This prospect is located on the northwest coast of Whale Island a short distance east of Chiachi Point (Berg and Cobb, 1967, figure 15, locality 4; Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 11; McGee, 1972, locality 4; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 11). Site location is accurate to within 1/2 mile. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kodiak Island(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kodiak D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Kodiak NE(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)
Federal lands
Afognak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 274 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a.1 |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type |
| Mark3 model number | 26 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -152.84247, 57.96942 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Kodiak |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015098 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KD015 |
Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
| 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 on land conveyed to the Koniag Corporation. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-OCT-1998 | S.H. Pilcher | U.S. Geological Survey |
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