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Caamano Point

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090637
MRDS ID D001935
Record type Site
Current site name Caamano Point
Alternate or previous names Val Klemm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.83511, 55.49974 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF CLEVELAND PENINSULA; 14 AIR MILES NE OF KETCHIKAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ketchikan Gateway(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern 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

  • LAT. & LONG. ARE APPROX. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolmitization Of Limestone, Limestone Also Highly Brecciated

Analytical data

Result MEDIAN VALUE OF 31 SAMPLES TAKEN OVER LS. BEDROCK: 60 PPM FOR SB, AVERAGE SB 37 PPM
Result 30 SAMPLES IN LINES A, B, C AVERAGE 150 PPM: IN LIMESTONE 1 - 2 PPM SB
Result NEAR MINERALIZED AREAS UP TO 6 - 10,000 PPM SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -131.83511, 55.49974
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Anticlinal Fold, Ore On North Flank

Ore body information

  • General form EYE - SHAPED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • KNOWN ORE BODY OCCUPIES THREE SMALL CLOSELY - SPACED "EYES". EYES RECOGNIZABLE WITH DIFFICULTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY REPORT, SAINSBURY, C. L., 1955: UNPUB. USGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY REPORT, ROBINSON, G. D., 1942 UNPUB. USGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    SEE ALSO CRIB RECORD A001590

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOCHE

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBINSON, G. D.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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