PMRGX-26 Occurrence, Alaska Peninsula District, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, USA
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Location: The map site of this occurrence is at an elevation of 2,100 feet, approximately 6 miles east-northeast of Hoodoo Mountain. It is in the NE1/4 of sec. 28, T. 52 S., R. 75 W., Seward Meridian. It is referred to as PMRGX-26 by Wilson and others (1988, locality 74). The location is accurate to within 4,000 feet.
Geology: Three samples of a shale member of the Upper Cretaceous Hoodoo Formation were collected at this site by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980's. The samples were reported to be anomalous in lead and zinc (Wilson and others, 1988; 1995).
Workings: Rock samples 85AAi96, 85ACe215, and 85ADt329 collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980s, were reported to be anomalous in lead and zinc (Wilson and others, 1988).
Commodities (Major) - Pb, Zn
Development Status: None
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References
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 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Wilson, F.H., Harris, E.E., and Bailey, E.A., 1987, Preliminary analytical results and sample locality map for rock samples collected in 1985 and 1986, Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-497, 44 p., 1 plate, 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.