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Dundas Bay

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209893
MRDS ID A013188
MAS/MILS ID 0021110067
Record type Site
Current site name Dundas Bay
Alternate or previous names Pulver & Winn, Dundas Bay Iron, Storm Iron, Iron Mountain Nos. 1-4, L.W. Storms, Aj, Alaska Juneau, Aj Gold Mining Co., Iron Mountain, Ellis, F.H. Ellis, Aj Industries, Storm's Iron
Related records 10002284

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.24787, 58.38442 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 1000(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

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

Juneau SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(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 040 S 055 E 24 SWNESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.24787, 58.38442
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 860926

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jimmy Martin Estate
    Year 1984

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1917
    Inferred 453600mt ore
    Total resources 453600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeO 65 wt-pct Iron Major 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AJ RPT 1706 pp. 2, 5

  • Deposit

    AJ RPT 1706

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 16, 36, 70

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 p. C369, plates 1A, 1B, 2

Comments on the references

  • RATAJ, 1975, P. 3 (BM UNPB NOTEST)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 CLAIMS STAKED 1903. NEW OWNERS 1917. LAST ACTIVITY 1924. DEPOSIT ENTIRELY UNDEVELOPED. DISCONNECTED PODS OF MAGNETITE OCCURRING AS REPLACEMENT IN LS ALONG LS - GRANODIORITE CONTACT. FE CONTENT 65%. 200,000 TO 500,000 TONS OF EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD ORE. VALUE DEPENDS ON LOCATION. NO ALASKA KARDEX. RI=MICI RESERVE 1 EQUALS Q-MAT 1 COLUMN 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-1995 Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

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