Balboa Bay

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. 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 10234151
MRDS ID A013197
MAS/MILS ID 0021380006
Record type Site
Current site name Balboa Bay
Alternate or previous names San Diego, Stepovak Bay, Pyramid
Related records 10094074

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -160.58714, 55.58814 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Moller C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Port Moller(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Moller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shumagin Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 053 S 074 W 14 SWNESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -160.58714, 55.58814

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 860926

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ak Peninsula

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Inferred 90700000mt ore
    Total resources 90700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1979
    Molybdenum Mo 0.03 wt-pct Molybdenum Trace 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 138-006

  • Deposit

    B379h p. 152

  • Deposit

    B467 pp. 21, 129

  • Deposit

    B714a p. 35

  • Deposit

    OF51 p. 112

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 6-7

  • Deposit

    MF443

  • Deposit

    OF77-169F

  • Deposit

    E&MJ 7905 p. 84

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82 p. 12

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. D-91

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PORPHYRY CU PROVINCE; RESERVES OF 100 MILLION TONS OF 0.5% CU AND 0.03% MO. E&MJ,P.84, MAY 1979 NO RECORD EVER CLAIMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh 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.