Unnamed (west of outer Excursion Inlet) (ARDF #JU118) Cu

Unnamed (west of outer Excursion Inlet)

Prospect, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities	Cu

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale	JU
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale	B-5
Latitude	58.42
Longitude	-135.4861
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy	This prospect is at an elevation of 1,500 feet, on the west side of Excursion Inlet. It is near the center of the N1/2 section 10, T. 40 S., R. 60 E. of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate.

Geologic setting

Geologic description The regional geology consists of deformed and metamorphosed Silurian or Devonian carbonate, clastic and volcanic clastic rocks that have been intruded by Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous granitic and dioritic rocks (Brew and others, 1992). The only information that has been made public is that there are copper claims at the site (Wells and others, 1986).
Geologic map unit	(-135.487911980724, 58.4196652870064)

Production and reserves

Indication of production	None

References

References Brew, D.A., Himmelberg, G.R., Loney, R.A., and Ford, A.B., 1992, Distribution and characteristics of metamorphic belts in the southeastern Alaska part of the North American Cordillera--Metamorphic styles in young and ancient orogenic belts: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 10, no. 3, p. 465-482. Wells, D.E., Pittman, T.L., Brew, D.A. and Douglass, S.L., 1986, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-717, 332 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reporters	J.C. Barnett and L.D. Miller (Juneau, Alaska )
Last report date	12/15/2001