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Unnamed On Found Island

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  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 10003635
MRDS ID A106396
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed On Found Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.07376, 56.10669 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE AT THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A SINGLE LODE CLAIM ON FOUND ISLAND AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO ZIMOVIA STRAIT; STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1962 AND ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1977 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.07376, 56.10669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE LODE CLAIM WAS STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1962 AND WAS ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1997 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map No. 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D. J., Berg, H. C., and Karl, S. M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SINGLE LODE CLAIM WAS STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1962 AND WAS ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1997 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). ROCKS IN THE VICINITY CONSIST OF CRETACEOUS SCHIST AND HORNFELS AND CRETACEOUS TONALITE AND RELATED INTERMEDIATE PLUTONIC ROCKS (BREW AND OTHERS, 1984).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1998 Berg, H. C. (Grybeck, D. J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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