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Klukwan Fan Deposit

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008232
MRDS ID D000232
Record type Site
Current site name Klukwan Fan Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.90212, 59.44975 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.90212, 59.44975
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LARGE ALLUVIAL FAN FROM KLUKWAN TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN PYROXENITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION TONS CONTAINING ABOUT 10% MAGNETITE, ? TIO2, ? V2O5

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0740 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UN, 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF WORLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    UN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. 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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