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PMRGX-30

Occurrence, Inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Au; Cu; Pb

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale PM
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale C-5
Latitude 55.559
Longitude -161.396
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Location and accuracy This site is on the east shore of Pavlof Bay approximately 2.75 miles south of the entrance to Canoe Bay. It is referred to as PMRGX-30 in Wilson and others (1988, locality 78). The location is accurate to within 1,200 feet.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

At this site a porphyritic basalt sill intrudes sedimentary rock of the Paleocene to Eocene Tolstoi Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). A sample collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid- 1980s was reported to be anomalous in gold, copper, and lead (Wilson and others, 1988).
Geologic map unit (-161.398018898498, 55.5581608262114)

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration Rock sample 83AWs134, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980s, was reported to be anomalous in gold, copper, and lead (Wilson and others, 1988).
Indication of production None

Additional comments

The site is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation.

References

MRDS Number 10308088

References

Angeloni, L.M., Wilson, F.H., and Sutley, S.J., 1985, Map and tables showing preliminary rock geochemical data, Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-470, 179 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.
Reporters S.H. Pilcher
Last report date 1/25/2001