Geology and Ore Deposits of the Salt Chuck-Rush and Brown Mine Area Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

• Main Author: Whitman, Judson H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Montana Tech 1948
• Subjects: Ketchican; Kasaan; Alaska; palladium; salt-water lagoon; glaciers; Ceramic Materials; Environmental Engineering; Geology; Geophysics and Seismology; Metallurgy; Other Engineering; Other Materials Science and Engineering; Prince of Wales Island
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/bach_theses/265; https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/context/bach_theses/article/1264/viewcontent/1948__May1__Whitman_Judson_H.pdf

The Salt Chuck, Rush and Brown, and adjacent mines and claims form an area of approximately 15 square miles near the head of Kasaan Bay about 10 miles northwest of the village of Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. It is an area of moderate relief in which the hills rise from the water’s edge to heights of some 500 feet. Most of the area is covered with dense vegetation and muskeg.