Muskomee Bay

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003416
MRDS ID A106173
Record type Site
Current site name Muskomee Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.07248, 58.09941 (WGS84)
Relative position This site is located just south of Muskomee Bay in sec. 17, T. 24 S., R. 23 W. (MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 3; Foley and others, 1989, locality 34). Location is probably 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

Afognak A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Afognak SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Afognak(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
Lead Secondary
PGE Critical Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.07248, 58.09941

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Data from U.S. Bureau of Mine files indicate lode claims with gold, lead, and PGE listed as commodities (Foley and others, 1989). No other data are available.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = MacKevett and Holloway, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
Deposit Other Comments = This site is on land conveyed to Koniag Corporation.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.