Deposit ID | 10094073 |
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MRDS ID | A013121 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Van Horn |
Related records | 10185984 |
Geographic coordinates: | -136.1121, 59.01973 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This prospect is located at an elevation of about 1,500 feet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on the east side of Muir Inlet near Peak 2124 at the southwestern end of Van Horn Ridge. It is near the center of section 8, T. 33 S., R. 56 E. of the Copper River Meridian. It is shown as location 71 on plate III of Brew and others (1978) and location 11 on plate 1 of MacKevett and others (1971). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Molybdenum | Primary |
Host or associated | Associated | ||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels | ||
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Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
(1) | -136.1121, 59.01973 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Juneau (Skagway subdistrict) |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013121 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SK012 |
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.
Berg, H.C., 1984, Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-572, 298 p., 1 plate, scale approx. 1:600,000.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1967, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 151, 176 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Weakly mineralized shear zone. There is little information on which to assign a model type. |
Deposit | Other Comments = the prospect is within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve where exploration and development are restricted. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 04-FEB-2001 | T.C. Crafford | T. Crafford & Associates |