Blue Lake

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112856
MRDS ID A013304
MAS/MILS ID 0021140042
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Lake
Alternate or previous names Haley & Hanlon
Related records 10002386

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -135.21866, 57.05111 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 055 S 064 E 34 SESESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -135.21866, 57.05111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 CLAIMS STAKED 1943-44. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. 15 FOOT ADIT. DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF MAINLY PYRRHOTITE & LESSER CHALCOPYRITE OCCURRING IN SMALL IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED MASSES IN A FAULT CUTTING A HORNBLENDITE COUNTRY ROCK. ASSAYS OF MASSIVE SULFIDE: .99% CU, .20% NI, .09% CO AND NO SILVER. DEPOSIT DETERMINED TO NOT BE OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 & 4 (P 792)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.