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Snettisham Peninsula 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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090536
MRDS ID D000230
Record type Site
Current site name Snettisham Peninsula Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.7853, 57.91642 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumdum D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sumdum(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

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.7853, 57.91642
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ILMENITE-BEARING MAGNETITE, DISSEMINATED MOSTLY BUT LOCALLY CONCENTRATED IN MASSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Se Alaska

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAGNETIC CONC. OF COMPOSITE SAMPLE = 64% FE, 3.5% TIO2, 0.4% V (0.7% V2O5)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THORNE, R. L. & WELLS, R.R., 1956, USBM, REPT. INV. 5195

  • Deposit

    UN, 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF THE WORLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    UN, 1970 AND THORNE & WELLS, 1956

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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