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Boots

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
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  6. Nearby scientific data
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  8. Mining district
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  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307668
Record type Site
Current site name Boots

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.75276, 55.14874 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is known only from U.S. Bureau of Mines (1977) claim records. Its approximate location is at an elevation of less than 100 feet, about 1.2 miles inland from the head of Dall Bay. The site is in section 31, T. 77 S., R. 92 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 125 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is probably accurate within about 0.2 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan A-6 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) CPxwg
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this prospect consist of an assemblage of undivided Silurian or Ordovician metamorphosed bedded and intrusive rocks that are intruded by stocks and dikes of Silurian trondhjemite (Berg, 1973; Berg and others, 1988), the rocks are cut by a complex system of high-angle faults that mainly strike NE and NW. Locally, they also are permeated by finely disseminated hydrothermal hematite, giving them (especially the trondhjemite) a pink or red hue commonly mistaken for potassium feldspar. . According to U.S. Bureau of Mines claim records (1977), this prospect, which appears to be in complexly faulted, metamorphosed bedded rocks, was staked for uranium or for other radioactive minerals. No other information about it has been made public.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Ketchikan

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Elliott and others, 1978; Berg, 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUL-99 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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