Mine detail: Shakan

Previously called 'Alaska Treadwell Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 56.13445, -133.45964

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper, Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Albite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSA010342
DEP10000295
Reference{Deposit:: Chapin, Theodore, 1919, Mining developments in the Ketchikan district: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692, p. 85-89.}{Deposit:: Hess, F. L., 1924, Molybdenum deposits, a short review: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 761, 35 p.}{Deposit:: Smith, P. S., 1942, Occurrences of molybdenum minerals in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 844-A, p. 1-82.}{Deposit:: Thorne, R.L., 1943, Shakan molybdenum deposit, Kosciusko Island, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Bureau of Mines War Mineral Report 108, 9 p.}{Deposit:: Twenhofel, W. S., Robinson, G. D., and Gault, H. R., 1946, Molybdenite investigations in southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947-B, p. 7-38.}{Deposit:: Gooch, A. E., 1964, Field trip to the Dry Pass and Shakan molybdenum deposits: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 117-1, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E. H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-415, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Coldwell, J. R., 1990, Northwest Canada Mining leads to road proposal: Southeast Alaska Business Journal, December 1990, p. 4.}{Deposit:: Maas, K. M., Bittenbender, P. E., and Still, J. C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Bureau of Mines Open-File}{Deposit:: Karl, S. M., Berg, H. C., Grybeck, D., and Abramson, B. S., 1980, Tables describing metalliferous and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-793, 14 p., 4 sheets, scale, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: Brooks, A. H., 1921, The future of Alaska mining: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 5-57}{Deposit:: Smith, P. S., 1942, Occurrences of molybdenum minerals in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926-C, p. 161-210.}{Production:: USGS BULLETIN 947-0, P.30}
ReporterHirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.), Berg, H. C. (Grybeck, D. J.)