| Deposit ID | 10307815 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed (North Marble Island) |
| Geographic coordinates: | -136.06308, 58.67173 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The prospect site is on North Marble Island in Glacier Bay about 3.5 miles southwest of Sandy Cove. The location is uncertain; MacKevett and others (1971) did not find Reed's (1938) or Rossman's (1963) locations. The island is only about 0.4 mile long and 0.2 mile wide, and the location is probably correct to about 0.10 mile. The occurrence is location number 50 of Cobb (1972). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Fairweather C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mount Fairweather(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 NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| (1) | -136.06308, 58.67173 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|
| District name | Juneau |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MF061 |
Burchard, E.F., 1920, Marble resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 682, 118 p.
Rossman, Darwin, 1963, Geology of the eastern part of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1121-K, p. K1-K57.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.
Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.
Burchard, E.F., 1914, Marble resources of the Juneau, Skagway, and Sitka districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-C, p. 95-107.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, AK: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map MF-436, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Distal hydrothermal replacement possibly related to subjacent granitic intrusions of Cretaceous age. |
| Deposit | Other Comments = the site is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.. The first known metallic prospect staked on the island was by S. H. Vevelstad before 1930, who reportedly staked it for nickel. Mr. Vevelstad was an experienced prospector, better known for his discoveries of nickel-copper deposits in the Bohemia Basin area in the Sitka quadrangle. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-JAN-99 | Hawley, C.C. | Hawley Resource Group |
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