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East Anton Larsen Bay

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002659
MRDS ID A015103
Record type Site
Current site name East Anton Larsen Bay
Related records 10282790

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.6244, 57.88553 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is located on the east side of Anton Larsen Bay in sec. 36, T. 26 S., R. 21 W., of the Seward Meridian (Rose and Richter, 1967, figure 1, locality 8; Cobb, l972, MF 460, locality 16). Site location is accurate to within a few hundred feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kodiak D-2 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kodiak NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kodiak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite 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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.6244, 57.88553
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A 10-foot wide zone of quartz veins containing pyrite and pyrrhotite cuts Tertiary granodiorite. A sample assayed 0.10 ounce per ton gold (Rose and Richter, 1967, table 3).
  • Age = Tertiary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sampling by Rose and Richter (1967), showed 0.10 ounce per ton gold and traces of silver and copper.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Rose and Richter, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Chugach-type low sulfide gold-quartz vein (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1).
Deposit Other Comments = Site is on land conveyed to the Koniag Native Corporation.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-OCT-1998 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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