Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SB012; on Spectacle Island), Alaska Peninsula District, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, USA
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Location: The map site of this occurrence is at an elevation of about 500 feet, above the northwest shore of Spectacle Island in East Nagai Strait. It is referred to as SBRGX-38 in Wilson and others (1988, locality 12). The location is accurate to within 1 mile.
Geology: The country rock at this site is Cretaceous mudstone (Wilson and others, 1995). Wilson and others (1988) reported anomalous zinc values in rocks collected in this area.
Workings: Rock samples 84ACe97, 98, 100, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980's, were reported to be anomalous in zinc (Wilson and others, 1988).
Commodities (Major) - Zn
Development Status: None
Mineral List
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References
Angeloni, L.M., Wilson, F.H., and Sutley, Stephen, 1985, Map and tables showing preliminary rock geochemical data, Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-470, 179 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. 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 Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000. Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.