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Funter Bay Nickel Deposit

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039250
MRDS ID M046847
Record type Site
Current site name Funter Bay Nickel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.33541, 58.49972 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH END OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND, 18 MI WEST OF JUNEAU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite

Nearby scientific data

(1) KJse
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Discoverer John Mertie (Mapped In 1919) U.S.G.S.

Mining district

District name Admiralty

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, 1966 , NI DEPOSITS IN N.A.: USGS BULL. 1223

  • Deposit

    REED, 1942 , NI-CU DEPOSIT FUNTER BAY, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 936 - 0

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, 1973 , NICKEL: USGS PROF. PAPER 820

  • Deposit

    1919 GEOLMAP JOHN MERTIE

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLOR. ADMIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Blair, Will N. 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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