| Deposit ID | 10000827 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011480 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Curly Kidney Prospect |
| Related records | 10233554 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -146.62338, 61.00542 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)
Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Chugach National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | NO DATA OTHER THAN PRESENCE OF AU IN QUARTZ |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| Rock unit name | Valdez Group |
| Rock description | Valdez Group;Valdez Group |
| (1) | -146.62338, 61.00542 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 5 W} |
| Dip | 80 E} |
| Width | 1.22M |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 E} |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| District name | Port Valdez |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011480 |
USGS BULL 692, P. 172
USGS MF-438, LOC. 39
USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 31
BAG-OFR-80-892B-31
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE 2 TO 4 FT WIDE CONTAINS PYRITE IN THIN QUARTZ STRINGERSAND SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK; ANOTHER PARALLEL SHEAR 2 TO 10 FT WIDE CONTAINS UP TO 3 FT OF QUARTZ IN LENSES AND STRINGERS |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: ORION PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1985 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 14-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |
| Editor | 14-APR-1995 | Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) | U.S. Geological Survey | PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD. |
| Editor | 14-APR-1995 | Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) | U.S. Geological Survey | PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD. |
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