Unnamed

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  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 10003619
MRDS ID A106377
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.62956, 56.18477 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THIS UNVERIFIED OCCURRENCE IS IN THE SOUTH PART OF SECTION 31 AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 4250 FEET, ON AN EAST-FACING MOUNTAINSIDE OVERLOOKING THE TOE OF GRACEY CREEK GLACIER (KOCH, 1997, P. 53, LOC. 81). THE LOCATION PROBABLY IS ACCURATE WITHIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) g

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hyder

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COUNTRY ROCKS IN THE AREA OF THIS REPORTED OCCURRENCE ARE TERTIARY OR CRETACEOUS LEUCOCRATIC QUARTZ MONZONITE AND GRANODIORITE OF THE COAST RANGE BATHOLITH, AND ROOF PENDANTS OF MESOZOIC OR PALEOZOIC METAPELITIC AND METAVOLCANIC STRATA, LOCALLY INCLUDING MARBLE (KOCH, 1996). ON KOCH'S (1997) MAP, THE OCCURRENCE APPEARS TO BE IN THE PLUTONIC ROCKS BETWEEN METAMORPHIC ROOF PENDANTS, OR ALTERNATIVELY, IN AN OUTCROP OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS TOO SMALL TO SHOW AT THE SCALE OF KOCH'S MAP. OTHER THAN LOCATION AND UNVERIFIED OCCURRENCE OF SILVER, NO OTHER GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SITE HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC
Deposit KOCH'S SCANTY DESCRIPTION OF THIS OCCURRENCE IN HIS (1997) REPORT MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CLAIM MAP, BUT THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO ONE IN HIS REPORT. SITE IS IN MISTY FIORDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1998 Berg, H. C. 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.