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Kasna Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000477
MRDS ID A010656
Record type Site
Current site name Kasna Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hardenberg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.05265, 60.16054 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Clark A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lake Clark SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Clark C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Clark(hydrologic unit)

Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Clark National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR KONTRASHIBUNA LAKE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPHALERITE AS INCLUSIONS IN CHALCOPYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.05265, 60.16054
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY OF AREA POORLY KNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay Region

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 44

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIDERABLE DRILLING & TRENCHING

Comments on development

  • DRILLING & TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GEOCHEM REPT NO 20.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-485, P 39-40

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-1343, P. A9-A10

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4828

  • Deposit

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL ORE ZONES UP TO 1000 FT LONG AND 250 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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