Dolly Varden Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093907
MRDS ID A010038
Record type Site
Current site name Dolly Varden Prospect
Related records 10136612

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.73652, 55.33029 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sealaska Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tetrahedrite Altered To Azurite And Malachite

Analytical data

Result UP TO 8.64 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.06 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.73652, 55.33029

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 80 NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MARBLE HAS METASEDIMENT AND VOLCANIC INTERBEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY TOO LOW GRADE TO MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ZONE OF QUARTZ STRINGERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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