Deposit ID | 10094028 |
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MRDS ID | A012314 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Blue Bucket |
Alternate or previous names | Beach Adit |
Related records | 10112487 |
Geographic coordinates: | -131.9679, 55.5928 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This prospect is on the northeast shore of Smugglers Cove, about 0.5 mile southeast of the head of the falls at the mouth of Falls Creek. The site is in section 29, T. 72 S., R. 88 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 258 in Maas and others (1995, fig. 46), and to loc. 39 in Elliott and others (1978).The location is accurate within 0.1 mile. ? Also see Additional comments. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 273 |
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USGS model code | 36a |
Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
Mark3 model number | 27 |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
(1) | -131.9679, 55.5928 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Ketchikan |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012314 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KC039 |
Wright, F.E., and Wright, C.W., 1908, The Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 347, 210 p.
Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.
Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.
Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.
Brew, D.A., 1996, Geologic map of the Craig, Dixon Entrance, and parts of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2319, 53 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide gold-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a) |
Deposit | Other Comments = the Blue Bucket prospect is also known as the Beach Adit prospect (Maas and others, 1995, p. 191). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 30-JUN-1999 | H.C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |