Location: The Cedar prospect is at an elevation of about 500 feet, about a mile north of Cedar Cove on Katlian Bay. The prospect is 0.2 mile south-southeast of the center of sec. 11, T. 54 S., R. 63 E. It is MAS no. 0021140048 (U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2002). The location probably is accurate within 0.2 mile.
Geology: The rocks in the vicinity of the Cedar prospect are Triassic and/or Jurassic schist, gneiss, amphibolite and greenschist characterized by intense cataclasis (Loney and other, 1975). The only information about the prospect is that at least one claim was staked by WGM Inc. (U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2002).
Workings: The only information about the prospect is that at least one claim was staked by WGM Inc.
Age: Triassic or younger based on the age of the host rocks.
Development Status: None

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References

Loney, R.A., Brew, D.A., Muffler, L.J.P., and Pomeroy, J.S., 1975, Reconnaissance geology of Chichagof, Baranof, and Kruzof Islands, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 792, 105 p. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2002, Alaska mineral locations database report (Sitka quadrangle), July 2, 2002, 205 p. [http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/dem.html]

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