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Kukak Bay; Shelikof Mining Co. Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Kukak Bay; Shelikof Mining Co. ProspectProspect
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
58° 19' 18'' North , 154° 19' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
58.32167,-154.33000
GeoHash:
G#: bd67b1hk6
GRN:
N39W61
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Mindat Locality ID:
198418
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:198418:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


This prospect is in Katmai National Monument.
Location: This prospect is about two miles from Kukak Bay in an unnamed drainage that enters the northwest side of the bay. The prospect is in sec. 27, T. 21 S., R. 31 W., of the Seward Meridian. This is location 1 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). The location is accurate.
Geology: Martin (1920) described a copper prospect at Kukak Bay on which some work was done about the time of World War I. The 'ore' reportedly assayed 4 to 6 percent copper, $1.50 to $4.60 in gold, and as much as 36 ounces of silver per ton. A shaft (winze) was sunk 10 feet from a point 40 feet from the portal of a tunnel 180 feet long (Cobb, 1980). Church, Riehle, and Goldfarb (1993) describe the Kukak Bay prospect as chalcopyrite-bearing quartz veins and breccias in a Tertiary pluton.
Workings: Martin (1920) described a copper prospect at Kukak Bay on which some work was done about the time of World War I. A shaft (winze) was sunk 10 feet from a point 40 feet from the portal of a tunnel 180 feet long (Cobb, 1980).
Age: Tertiary or younger; quartz veins cut a Tertiary pluton.
Production: Apparently none.

Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2

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SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2

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References

Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Church, S.E., Riehle, J.R., and Goldfarb, R.J., 1993, Interpretation of exploration geochemical data for the Mount Katmai quadrangle, and adjacent parts of the Afognak and Naknek quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2020, 67 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Katmai quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-461, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52. Riehle, J.R., Detterman, R.L., Yount, M.E., and Miller, J.W., 1987, Preliminary geologic map of the Mount Katmai quadrangle and portions of the Afognak and Naknek quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-0593, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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