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Kloss

Prospect, Probably inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Cu; Ni

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale SD
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale B-6
Latitude 57.48147
Longitude -133.97826
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Location and accuracy This prospect is near the shoreline about 0.4 mile northwest of triangulation station 'Kan' on the north side of the mouth of Gambier Bay; it is near the center of section 2, T. 51 S., R. 71 E. This is an old, little-known prospect but the location is probably accurate to within a mile or less.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

Little is known about this prospect other than Herman Kloss reported that a trench across a shear zone 150 to 200 feet thick that contained some copper and nickel oxides (Herbert and Race, 1964; Race and Rose, 1967, Cobb, 1978). The deposit is probably in the Hyd Group of Triassic age (Loney, 1964).
Geologic map unit (-133.979992585625, 57.4811303834908)
Age of mineralization Probably in rocks of the Hyd Group of Triassic age.

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration Workings consist of at least a trench.
Indication of production None

References

References

Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Sumdum and Taku River quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-698, 64 p.
Herbert, C.F., and Race, W.H., 1964, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in southeastern Alaska, 1964: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 1, 75 p.
Loney, R.A., 1964, Stratigraphy and petrography of the Pybus-Gambier area, Admiralty Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1178, 103 p.
Race, W.H., and Rose, A.W., 1967, Geochemical and geological investigations of Admiralty Island, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Geochemical Report 8, 45 p.
Reporters Donald Grybeck (U.S. Geological Survey)
Last report date 10/8/2004