Mineral investigations in the Stikine area, Southeast Alaska, 1997

By Mitchell E. McDonald

Subjects: Minerals, Mineral industries, Environmental aspects, Mines and mineral resources

Description: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) began a three-year mineral assessment of the Stikine area of Southeast Alaska in 1997. The study area includes several known areas of mineralization including the Cornwallis Peninsula, Duncan Canal, Woewodski Island, Zarembo Island, and Groundhog Basin. Bureau geologists and engineers visited a total of 48 mines and prospects and took 311 rock chip and stream sediment samples. This report provides results from samples taken in the 1996-97 field seasons.