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Unnamed (on Salt Island)

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307225
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Salt Island)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -174.64234, 52.16895 (WGS84)
Relative position This mine is located on Salt Island which is approximately 4 miles northwest of Banner Bay on Atka Island. Although the specific site is not described, the location as plotted is accurate to within 2 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atka C-2 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atka NE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

Nearby scientific data

(1) -174.64234, 52.16895
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Capps (1934) reports that natives are said to have mined native copper, probably from an amygdaloidal lava flow.
  • Age = Tertiary or younger.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aleutian Islands

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Capps, S.R., 1934, Notes on the geology of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, in Smith, P.S., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1932: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 857-D, 173 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

  • Deposit

    Hein, J.R., McLean, H., and Vallier, T.L., 1981, Reconnaissance geologic map of Atka and Amlia Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-159, 78 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:125,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1934

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Basaltic copper (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 23)
Deposit Other Comments = Site is within the Aleutian Maritime Wildlife Refuge.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JAN-00 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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