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Unnamed (near Petersburg Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Iron, Thorium, Uranium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308038
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Petersburg Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.04888, 56.83274 (WGS84)
Relative position About three miles west-northwest of Petersburg, south of the estuary at the mouth of Petersburg Creek. Approximate location of two claims staked for radioactive minerals in 1956, and one claim staked nearby for Au, Fe, and Ag in 1960 (U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1980). Locality 18 of Grybeck, Berg, and Karl (1984).

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-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg N(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

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Thorium Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) KJgn
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Two claims staked for radioactive minerals in 1956, and one claim staked nearby for Au, Fe, and Ag in 1960. Apparently there has been no further work after the initial staking on these claims and no other mineral deposits are known nearby.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Two claims staked for radioactive minerals in 1956, and one claim staked nearby for Au, Fe, and Ag in 1960. Apparently there has been no further work after the initial staking on these claims and no other mineral deposits are known nearby.

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 = U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1980

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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