Frodenburg and Bloom

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000332
MRDS ID	A010388
Record type	Site
Current site name	Frodenburg and Bloom
Related records	10258813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.97869, 60.98039 (WGS84)
Elevation	351
Location accuracy	500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.97869, 60.98039	ListMap

Ore body information

Thickness 1.83M

Length 36.58M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1913

Mining district

District name	Prince William Sound District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Comments on the workings information

ONLY SURFACE STRIPPING

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010388

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 221-222
Deposit

USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 153
Deposit

USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 15284

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	FISSURE IS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH QUARTZ VEINS WHICH ARE A MAXIMUM OF 10 INCHES WIDE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1984	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey