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Sun Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000486
MRDS ID A010669
Record type Site
Current site name Sun Prospect
Alternate or previous names Numerous Prospects On Similar Deposits Within 3 Or 4 Miles of Sun
Related records 10257780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.02008, 67.07458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.02008, 67.07458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH METARHYOLITE PILES IN A LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC SEQUENCE OF MUSCOVITE-QUARTZ SCHIST, CALC-MICA SCHIST, MARBLE, CHLORITE SCHIST, AND QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott (Bear Creek)

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING & OTHER EXPLORATION FOR MORE THAN A DECADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GRADE AND TONNAGE FIGURES AVAILABLE, BUT GROSS METAL VALUE OF $1.6 BILLION (1979 COMMODITY PRICES) HAVE BEEN REPORTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit STRATABOUND VOLCANOGENIC CU-ZN DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-GRADE METARHYOLITE AND METASEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan 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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