Deposit ID | 10308133 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Ochre |
Geographic coordinates: | -160.61141, 55.24623 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The map site of the Ochre prospect is at an elevation of 800 feet, in the NW1/4 of sec. 13, T. 57 S., R. 75 W., Seward Meridian, approximately 2 miles northwest of Baralof Bay on Unga Island. The site is 0.35 mile west-northwest of a 655-foot-high hillock. The location is accurate to within 1,200 feet. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Zinc | Primary |
Arsenic | Secondary |
Gold | Secondary |
Mercury | Secondary |
Antimony | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
(1) | -160.61141, 55.24623 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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District name | Alaska Peninsula |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | PM060 |
Anderson, G.L., Butherus, D.L., Fankhauser, R.E., Pray, J.C., Lindberg, P.A., and Hoffman, B.L., 1980, Exploration and evaluation of lands leased from Aleut Native Corporation 1980; Resource Associates of Alaska Report, 84 p, 16 map sheets, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Ellis, W.T., and Apel, R.A., 1990, Unga/Alaska Peninsula 1990 final report, Battle Mountain Exploration Company report, 49 p., 29 map sheets at various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Epithermal gold vein |
Deposit | Other Comments = This prospect is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 04-FEB-01 | S.H. Pilcher | U.S. Geological Survey |