Alaska
Prospect
Virginia
Alaska, United States
Zinc Gold Copper Lead
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Gold, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
AlterationLocal contact metamorphism of greenstone; greenstone is impregnated with sulfide minerals
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
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References
Buddington, A.F., 1925, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alasaka: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 71-139.Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.Smith, J.G., 1973, A Tertiary lamprophyre dike province in southeastern Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 10, p. 408-420.Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Identification
Deposit ID10000188
MRDS IDA010225
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.03977, -130.04369
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.