William Henry Bay

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1590

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  William Henry Bay (WHB)

• Parent Project:

  Alaska strategic and critical minerals assessment

• Status:

  Complete

• Description:

  A helicopter-supported, reconnaissance sampling project in the William Henry Bay area, located in the Juneau C-4 and D-4 quadrangles in Southeast Alaska. Fieldwork was performed to evaluate the mineral-resource potential of a block of State land near the mouth of William Henry Creek, and to investigate reported rare-earth-element, uranium, and thorium mineral occurrences on adjacent Tongass National Forest land.

• Project Date(s):

  2011 - 2012

• Primary Contact:

  Werdon, Melanie B.

• DGGS section:

  Admin

• Project Participants:

  Michael J. Blessington

• Stations/Samples:

  View list

Publications

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RDF 2012-2

Werdon, M.B., Gallagher, P.E., and Blessington, M.J., 2012, Geochemical, major-oxide, minor-oxide, trace-element, and rare-earth-element data from rock, stream sediment, and pan-concentrate samples collected in 2011 in the William Henry Bay area, Juneau C-4 and D-4 quadrangles, southeast Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2012-2, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/23843