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Unnamed (near Chicagof Peak)

Prospect, Probably inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Fe

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale PE
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale B-1
Latitude 56.362
Longitude -132.29
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Location and accuracy Coordinates are at the approximate center of two lode claims staked for Fe in 1960 and active through 1968 (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980). In SW1/4, section 34, T. 63 S., R. 83 E.; about 2 miles east-southeast of Chicagof Peak, Wrangell Island.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

Two lode claims staked for Fe in 1960 and active through at least 1968. Rocks in the vicinity consist of Cretaceous schist and hornfels near several large plutons of Cretaceous hornblende-biotite tonalite and related intermediate plutonic rocks (Brew, 1997 [OF 97-156-C]).
Geologic map unit (-132.29168054249, 56.3616566768144)

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration Two lode claims staked for Fe in 1960 and active through at least 1968.
Indication of production None

References

MRDS Number 10308071

References

Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-1 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-C, 20 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reporters H.C. Berg (Fullerton, California) and D.J. Grybeck (USGS)
Last report date 11/1/1998