Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Iron, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureZONED ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVES
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1946
Identification
Deposit ID60000853
MRDS IDISM0740
Alternate namesUnion Bay, Klukwan, Snettisham, Duke Island
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates59.44975, -135.90212
References
KENNEDY, G.C. AND WALTON, M.S. JR., 1946. GEOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOME ULTRABASIC ROCK BODIES IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 947-D, P. 65-84.KLEMIC, HARRY, 1970. IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USA, PUERTO RICO, MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: N.Y., UNITED NATIONS DEPT. ECON. AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, P. 411-477.THORNE, R.L. AND WELLS, R.R., 1956. STUDIES OF THE SNETTISHAM MAGNETITE DEPOSIT, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5195, 41 P.WELLS, R.R. AND THORNE, R.L., 1953, CONCENTRATION OF KLUKWAN, ALASKA, MAGNETITE ORE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INVE. 4984, 15 P.FISCHER, R.P., 1975, VANADIUM RESOURCES IN TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 926-B, 10 P.ANONYMOUS, 1974, COPPER, GOLD, PLATIUM AND PALLADIUM SAMPLE RESULTS FROM THE KLUKWAN MAFIC/ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-21, 54 P.