Elizabeth Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000855
MRDS ID A011508
Record type Site
Current site name Elizabeth Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hubbard and Elliott Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.10975, 61.65104 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ON SLOPE W OF RAINBOW CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias 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

  • BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 745, PLATE III, LOC. 20. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.87 OZ/MT AG, 21.69% CU
Result GRAB SAMPLE OF ORE, USGS PP 15, P. 26

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Nikolai Greenstone
    Rock description Nikolai Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.10975, 61.65104

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Near Axis Of Elliott Creek Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Most Prominant Faults: Vertical Fault Striking N 50 W, Steep Easterly Dipping Striking N 50 E, And A Fault That Strikes N 20 E And Dips 75 To 80 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: SEE COMMENTS FOR GOODYEAR PROSPECT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 144.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY A TUNNEL AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS; TOTAL LENGTH OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WAS 475 FT IN 1908; PRESENT CONDITION UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • EXPL.COM: SEE COMMENTS FOR GOODYEAR PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITE AS IMPREGNATIONS IN GREENSTONE AND IN SMALL VEINS AND LENSES ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE IN FRACTURED GREENSTONE; VEINS HAVE BEEN SHATTERED BY POST MINERALIZATION FAULTING
Deposit SEE GOODYEAR PROSPECT; MUST WORK DONE IN ELLIOTT CR. AREA WAS ON GOODYEAR, ELIZABETH AND ALBERT JOHNSON CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-95 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY AND WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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