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Unnamed On Niblack Islands

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10003638
MRDS ID A106400
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed On Niblack Islands

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.10265, 56.03863 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg A-1 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE AT THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF TEN CLAIMS AT FIVE LOCATIONS ON THE NIBLACK ISLANDS IN ERNEST SOUND; STAKED FOR CU IN 1956; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). LOCALITY 79 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.10265, 56.03863
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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

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Ketchikan

Comments on the production information

  • NONE

Comments on the workings information

  • TEN CLAIMS AT FIVE LOCATIONS ON THE NIBLACK ISLANDS, ERNEST SOUND, WERE STAKED FOR CU IN 1956; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE (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 TEN CLAIMS AT FIVE LOCATIONS ON THE NIBLACK ISLANDS, ERNEST SOUND, WERE STAKED FOR CU IN 1956; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). BRIEF EXAMINATION BY THE USGS IN 1979 DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS SIGNS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS (GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL, 1984, LOCALITY 79). ROCKS IN THE VICINITY CONSIST LARGELY OF MIGMATITE AND GRANITE (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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