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Berg

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 10308511
Record type Site
Current site name Berg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.93183, 56.39975 (WGS84)
Relative position The approximate location of the Berg prospect is about 0.4 mile west of lower Aaron Creek and 0.9 mile east of Berg Creek, in Section 24, at an elevation of about 150 feet (Cobb, 1978, loc. 1; Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 7, loc. 3). This location is probably accurate within about a quarter of a mile. Also see Additional Comments field, below.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -131.93183, 56.39975
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the general area of the Berg prospect (Koch, 1996, 1997) are Mesozoic or Paleozoic pelitic schist and paragneiss, and subordinate amphibolite and marble. Ambiguous early descriptions suggest that the prospect is an auriferous lode deposit. No other geological information about this property has been made public.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Chapin (1916, p. 78) mentions development work on the Berg claims in 1915, but this reference may actually be to a prospect in Berg Basin, in the adjoining Petersburg quadrangle.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Elliott and Koch, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = There is little geologic information about the Berg prospect. Early reports describing it (Chapin, 1916, p. 78; 1918, p. 75) include references to the Copper King prospect (BC002). Parts of some of the early descriptions of the Berg prospect are ambiguous, and may actually refer to a deposit in Berg Basin, to the west in the adjoining Petersburg quadrangle.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-1998 H. C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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