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Casement Glacier

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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 10282429
MRDS ID A003164
MAS/MILS ID 0021090009
Record type Site
Current site name Casement Glacier
Alternate or previous names Coleman Peak

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -136.0688, 59.04414 (WGS84)
Elevation 848
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

Skagway A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(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 UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

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 033 S 056 E 04 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -136.0688, 59.04414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER CARBONATES PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION BASED ONLY ON WHERE FLOAT FOUND. FLOAT CONTAINS COPPER CARBONATE ALSO. LOCATION KEYED TO NUNATAK ON CASEMENT GLACIER. MOS COMMENT ON PAGE 325 OF BREW 1978. AND PAGE 74 OF MACKEVETT 1971.

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.

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