Sandy Cove South

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209599
MAS/MILS ID 0021120011
Record type Site
Current site name Sandy Cove South
Alternate or previous names Alaska Mining Co., E. Otis Smith, R. J. Becker, Sandy Cove Marble, Spokane Cove, J. A. Becker

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -135.95208, 58.69833 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast 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 036 S 057 E 32 SESWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Albite Unknown
Ankerite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Zoisite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -135.95208, 58.69833

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 152M
    Length 1207M
    Width 152M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 112-005

  • Deposit

    B592f pp. 96, 98-99

  • Deposit

    B682 pp. 34, 41-43

  • Deposit

    B783b p. 61

  • Deposit

    ECON G 3801 pp. 65-68

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 141

  • Deposit

    MIN & WATER RES AK p. 136, fig. 20

  • Deposit

    MIRL 28 p. 127

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 20, 56, 64-66, 69

  • Deposit

    OF78-374 p. 118

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 plates 1A, 1B, 2

Comments on the references

  • HODGE, E.T., 1944, P. 18 (BONNEVILLE POWER ADM., LS. PAC.NW)

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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