Mine detail: Funter Bay, Admiralty Island-Nickel Deposit, Alaska

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

58.49972, -136.3354

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Gabbro,Norite
Structure:	Exploration By Dmea Revealed That The Mafic Intrusive Where The Sulfide Mineralization Occurs Is Pipelike In Form, Consisting Of Gabbro And Norite. The Pipe Plunges Approximately 30 Degrees E. Along A Contact Between Quartz-Sericite Schists And Overlying Graphitic Pyhillite. It Has A Maximum Diameter Of 60-200 Feet And Has Been Explored For 900 Feet Downdip.

References

MRDS	W002851
DEP	10069267
Reference	{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS BULL. 1223, P. 37, MAP P. 10-11}{Deposit:: REED, J.C., 1942, NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSIT AT FUNTER BAY, ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 936-0, P. 349-361.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1973: NICKEL, USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P. 440}{Deposit:: 1919 GEOLMAP JOHN MERTIE}{Deposit:: 1950 DIREXPL DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRATION}{Reserve-Resource:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1973, SEE REFERENCES}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L.