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Magnet Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000624
MRDS ID A011235
Record type Site
Current site name Magnet Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.10647, 63.20594 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Denali SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley C(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

Comments on the location information

  • PLOTTED FROM USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.1-B LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.10647, 63.20594
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN FRACTURED, METAMORPHOSED PALEOZOIC ROCKS NEAR A TERTIARY FELSIC PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED BRECCIA NEAR IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 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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