Upper Two Fish Glacier Float

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Titanium, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185809
MAS/MILS ID 0021110141
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Two Fish Glacier Float

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -137.61744, 58.89831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakutat(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Fairweather NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dezadeash River(hydrologic unit)

Gulf of 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 035 S 047 E 09 SESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -137.61744, 58.89831

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1967

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    P700B pp. 21-26

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 pp. C108-C118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ALASKA KARDEX. NO RECORD EVER CLAIMED. IN 1977 THE USBM MADE HELICOPTER LANDINGS AS CLOSE TO THE STOCK AS WAS PRACTICAL. NO HELICOPTER LANDINGS COULD BE MADE ON ANY PART OF THE STOCK OUTCROP BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME RUGGEDNESS AND RELIEF OF THE MOUNTAIN MASSIF, ALTHOUGH A LANDING WAS MADE AT THIS SITE AND ANOTHER WITHIN THE MAPPED STOCK BOUNDARY WHERE ICE AND SNOW COVERED THE BEDROCK. JUST INSIDE THE CONTACT, WELL ABOVE THE ICE FALL AND CLOSE TO CONSPICUOUS COPPER STAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THE CONTACT, SLIDE OR AVALANCHE DEBRIS CONSISTED OF GABBRO. THE MOST INTERESTING LOOKING SPECIMENT FOUND, METAGABBRO WITH OBVIOUS SULFIDES, CONTAINED 2000 PPM VA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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