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Unnamed (near Purple Lake)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10307692
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Purple Lake)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.49075, 55.10674 (WGS84)
Relative position This site represents two occurrences: one is on the north shore of Purple Lake about 1.2 miles east-northeast of the head of the trail to the lake from Tamgas Harbor; the other is at an elevation of about 1600 feet on the crest of the east ridge of Purple Mountain, about 1.2 miles from the peak. The occurrences are in section 13, T. 78 S., R. 92 E., of the Copper River Meridian. The map site is at the approximate midpoint between these occurrences. The site corresponds to loc. 43a, b in Karl (1992). The location is accurate within 0.1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ketchikan SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ketchikan(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Annette Island Indian Reservation(American Indian Reservation)

American Indian Reservation BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Trondhjemite is sericitized and locally permeated with hydrothermal hematite.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -131.49075, 55.10674
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rock at this site is Silurian trondhjemite (Berg, 1972 [I 684]; Berg and others, 1988). The trondhjemite, which locally is sheared, sericitized, and permeated with hydrothermal hematite, was regionally metamorphosed to greenschist grade in Late Cretaceous time. The occurrences are in sheared, hydrothermally altered trondhjemite, and consist of disseminated pyrite, and of pyrite-magnetite veins associated with a 300-foot-wide shear zone. A sample of rusty, altered, granitic rock contained 0.14 ppm Au; a sample of a pyrite-magnetite vein contained 15 ppm Mo (Karl, 1992, loc. 43a, b).
  • Age = Probably Late Cretaceous or younger.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Mining district

District name Ketchikan

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A sample of rusty, altered, granitic rock contained 0.14 ppm Au; and a sample of a pyrite-magnetite vein contained 15 ppm Mo (Karl, 1992, loc. 43a, b).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., 1972, Geologic map of Annette Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-684, 8 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360,

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Karl, S.M., 1992, Map and table of mineral deposits on Annette Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-690, 57 p., 1 map, scale 1:63,360.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Karl, 1992

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Disseminated sulfide and magnetite mineralization of undetermined origin.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUL-99 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

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