Upper Two Fish Glacier Float

The Upper Two Fish Glacier Float is a titanium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Upper Two Fish Glacier Float

Commodity

Primary: Titanium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Wilderness
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Minerals Only

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1967
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Pyroxene

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NO ALASKA KARDEX. NO RECORD EVER CLAIMED. IN 1977 THE USBM MADE HELICOPTER LANDINGS AS CLOSE TO THE STOCK AS WAS PRACTICAL. NO HELICOPTER LANDINGS COULD BE MADE ON ANY PART OF THE STOCK OUTCROP BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME RUGGEDNESS AND RELIEF OF THE MOUNTAIN MASSIF, ALTHOUGH A LANDING WAS MADE AT THIS SITE AND ANOTHER WITHIN THE MAPPED STOCK BOUNDARY WHERE ICE AND SNOW COVERED THE BEDROCK. JUST INSIDE THE CONTACT, WELL ABOVE THE ICE FALL AND CLOSE TO CONSPICUOUS COPPER STAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THE CONTACT, SLIDE OR AVALANCHE DEBRIS CONSISTED OF GABBRO. THE MOST INTERESTING LOOKING SPECIMENT FOUND, METAGABBRO WITH OBVIOUS SULFIDES, CONTAINED 2000 PPM VA.

References

Reference (Deposit): P700B pp. 21-26

Reference (Deposit): OF78-494 pp. C108-C118

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