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Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - PE073; near Steamer Bay), Ketchikan District, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska, USA

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Location: The coordinates are at about the center of a block of 26 claims staked near the south end of Steamer Bay in 1972 and held through 1973. The center is about 0.4 mile north of the center of section 24, T. 65 S., R. 82 E.
Geology: A block of 26 claims was staked in 1972 near the south end of Steamer Bay and they were active through 1973; apparently they have not been active since (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980; Still and others, 2002). Rocks in the area consist of massive and pillowed greenstone, pillow breccia, and tuff of the Seymour Canal Formation of Jurassic and Cretaceous age (Brew, 1997 [OF 97-156-A]; Karl and others, 1999). Still and others (2002) traversed two streams for a short distance but did not find any outcropping mineralization. They collected two float samples, the best of which, a piece of silicified breccia, contained 10.9 parts per million (ppm) silver, 1,408 ppm copper, 1.01 percent lead, and 1.9 percent zinc.
Workings: A block of 26 claims was staked in 1972 and they were active through 1973; apparently they have not been active since (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980; Still and others, 2002). Still and others (2002) traversed two streams for a short distance but did not find any outcropping mineralization or signs of exploration; they did find two float samples with metal values.
Age: Jurassic or younger based on the age of the rocks in the area.

Commodities (Major) - Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn
Development Status: None

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References

Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg A-2 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-A, 20 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Karl, S.W., Haeussler, P.J., and McCafferty, A.E., 1999, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Duncan Canal-Zarembo Island area, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0168, 30 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000. Still, J.C., Bittenbender, P.E., Bean, K.W., and Gensler, E.G., 2002, Mineral assessment of the Stikine area, central Southeast Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Land Management Technical Report 51, 560 p. U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

 
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