Location: This occurrence is located in section 20, T. 8 N., R. 2 W., of the Seward Meridian. The map site is at an elevation of about 1,250 feet on the south side of Pass Creek, near its confluence with Resurrection Creek. This is location 27 of Tysdal (1978 [MF-880-A]) and location S-287 of Jansons and others (1984). The location is accurate to within one mile.
Geology: This site apparently was staked for radioactive minerals (Hoekzema and Sherman, 1983). No geologic description is available. The country rock in the area is mapped at the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age (Nelson and others, 1985).
Workings: No workings or improvements are reported. The U.S. Bureau of Mines did not visit the occurrence (Jansons and other, 1984).
Age: Cretaceous or younger; the host rock is rocks of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age.

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Development Status: None

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References

Hoekzema, R.P., and Sherman, G.E., 1983, Mineral investigations in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska (Peninsula study area): U.S. Bureau of Mines in-house report; held at U.S. Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office, Anchorage, 524 p. Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Land Assessment 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, 16 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Tysdal, R.G., 1978, Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-880-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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