Shell

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000381
MRDS ID	A010527
Record type	Site
Current site name	Shell
Related records	10210089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-149.54316, 60.67286 (WGS84)
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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
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
Rock unit name	Valdez Group
Rock description	Valdez Group;Valdez Group;

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-149.54316, 60.67286	List Map

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Hope District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010527

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880A, LOCATION 43
Deposit

USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P.208

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	FELSIL DIKE AND QUARTZ VEINS IMPLIED TO CARRY GOLD

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1984	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Editor	13-APR-1994	Mosier, Dan	U.S. Geological Survey