Alaska
Producer
Alaska Garnet
Alaska, United States
Garnet
Land & claims · BLM · live
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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
PrimaryGarnet
Commodity typeNonmetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formSEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
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References
Wright, C. W., 1908, Lode mining in southeastern Alaska, 1907: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 345, p. 78-97.Brooks, A. H., 1911, The Alaskan mining industry in 1910: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, p. 21-42.Brooks, A. H., 1913, The Alaskan mining industry in 1912: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, p. 18-51.Bressler, C.T., 1950, Garnet deposits near Wrangell, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 963-C, p. 81-93.Cobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870.Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.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.
Identification
Deposit ID10003659
MRDS IDA106428
Alternate namesWrangell Garnet
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates56.57364, -132.36268
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.