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Unnamed (near Gunnuk Creek)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308035
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Gunnuk Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.88092, 56.98873 (WGS84)
Relative position Claims on upper Gunnuk Creek, northwestern Kupreanof Island, about three miles northeast of the town of Kake. Locality 9 of Grybeck, Berg, and Karl (1984). Location known only generally and coordinates are approximately the center of the claims.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Port Alexander NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sealaska Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.88092, 56.98873
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Only information is that four lode claims were staked for gold in 1968; apparently not active since (U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1980; and State of Alaska unpublished Kardex mining claims file).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No record of production and highly unlikely that there was any.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Only information is that four lode claims were staked for gold in 1968; apparently not active since (U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1980; and State of Alaska unpublished Kardex mining claims file).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grybeck, Berg, and Karl, 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Only known to be claims for lode gold.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-98 H.C. Berg and D.J. Grybeck U.S. Geological Survey

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