| Deposit ID | 10307358 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alaska-Pioneer-Sourdough, Steinmetz, d Alaska Commercial Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -146.54554, 60.85459 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This site represents a mine and several prospects on the north side of inner Landlocked Bay. The map site is at an elevation of about 500 feet on a south-facing bluff above the bay. It is in the SW1/4 sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 7 W., of the Copper River Meridian. The site is accurately located to within 1000 ft. This location is a combination of sites C-72, C-75, and C-80 of Jansons and others (1984), and site #14 of Cobb (1972: MF-392). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cordova D-7 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Federal lands
Chugach National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 90 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Cyprus |
| Mark3 model number | 11 |
| (1) | -146.54554, 60.85459 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|
| District name | Prince William Sound |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CV018 |
Grant, U.S., 1906, Copper and other mineral resources of Prince William Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 284, p. 78-87.
Capps, S.R., and Johnson, B.L., 1915, The Ellamar district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 605, 125 p.
Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-392, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, 16 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Schrader, F.C., 1900, A reconnaissance of a part of Prince William Sound and the Copper River district, Alaska, in 1898: U.S. Geological Survey 20th Annual Report, Part 7, p. 341-423.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Crowe and others (1992; 1993) and Sainsbury (1993) discuss the genesis of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in this area.. Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUN-00 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |
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