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Carlson and Averil Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000600
MRDS ID A011206
Record type Site
Current site name Carlson and Averil Prospect
Related records 10210147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.45286, 63.34124 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY DOCUMENTED; ORE MINERALS UNKNOWN, BUT PROBABLY CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.45286, 63.34124
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED LODES REPORTED IN PALEOZOIC ROCKS BORDERING NORTHERN MARGIN OF GRANITIC TERTIARY INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer H. Carlson And "Slim" Averil

Mining district

District name Kantishna District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • ONLY ASSESSMENT WORK HAS BEEN DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 792, P. 108

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 45

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-366-36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATED: MT. EIELSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-84 Leonard, Kenneth R. (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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