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Wickersham

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10000728
MRDS ID A011367
Record type Site
Current site name Wickersham

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.7047, 63.10962 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3,600 feet on the west bank of an unnamed, southeast-flowing tributary of Wickersham Creek. It is about 6 miles west of the Denali Highway bridge over the Susitna River. The site is in the NW1/4 of sec. 11, T. 21 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1,000 feet. This is locality 13 of Smith and others (1975: OFR 69).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 78
USGS model code 20c
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Au
Mark3 model number 34

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.7047, 63.10962
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of chalcopyrite disseminations in an altered intrusive rock that cuts metamorphosed Lower Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic flysch (Wilson and others, 1998). The intrusive rock probably is an apophysis of the quartz monzonite stock at the Gold Hill prospect (HE172). The stock is correlated with the Tertiary (63 and 55 Ma) Butte Lake pluton (Smith and others, 1988).
  • Age = Tertiary, assuming that the deposit is indigenous to the intrusive host rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration only.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith and others, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 20c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-2000 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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