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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000672
MRDS ID A011296
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.40736, 63.92903 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Denali NE(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
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXSOLVED BLEBS OF SPHALERITE IN PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES OF GOSSAN ZONE: 0.16-0.52% ZN, ADGGS OFR 98, P.46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.40736, 63.92903
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 9655.8M
    Width 804.65M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAY BE STRATAFORM OR RELATED TO LOW ANGLE FAULT ZONES

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVILY PYRITIZED METAVOLCANIC GOSSAN ZONE; MAY CONSTITUTE A LOW GRADE ZINC DEPOSIT
Deposit IMPORTANT MINERAL APPRAISAL TARGET IN KANTISHNA DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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