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Barnette Creek Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000929
MRDS ID A011597
Record type Site
Current site name Barnette Creek Prospect
Related records 10113013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.85123, 61.73016 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez NW(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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 83 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.85123, 61.73016
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFICS CUT BY DACITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: HEAVENLY RIDGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit TEST PITS IN SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; NO OTHER DATA OTHER THAN REPORT OF PRESENCE OF CR, NI AND POSSIBLY PT IN MAGMATIC DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 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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