Unnamed

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003313
MRDS ID	A106057
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-162.05576, 55.20753 (WGS84)
Relative position	Approximate location is west of Volcano Bay.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Bay A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Cold Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cold Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Belkofski Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-162.05576, 55.20753	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Altered zones associated with Tertiary plutons; disseminated sulfides, porphyry-type deposit (MacKevett and Holloway, 1977).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Alaska Peninsula

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A106057
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	CB003

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MACKEVETT, E.M., JR., AND HOLLOWAY, C.D., 1977, MAP SHOWING METALLIFEROUSMINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN PART OF SOUTHERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICALSURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-169F, 39 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:1,000,000.
Deposit

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.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = MacKevett and Holloway, 1977

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	22-MAR-1991	G.D. DuBois	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.