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Meier Lake

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001141
MRDS ID A011834
Record type Site
Current site name Meier Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.50074, 62.82854 (WGS84)
Relative position The Meier Lake prospect (Cobb, 1979: OFR 79-1247, p. 19) is on the southeast flank of the three-mile-long, east-trending ridge north of Gillespie Creek; it is about 1/4 mile west of Meier Lake. The prospect is locality 1 of Richter and Matson (1972) and MacKevett and Holloway (1977). The prospect is in the SE1/4SE1/4, of section 12, T. 12 N., R. 2 W., Copper River Meridian. The prospect is approximately located but probably correct within 1000 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gulkana D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Gulkana NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gulkana C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.50074, 62.82854
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Greenschist and amphibolite of pre-Triassic age occur on the north flank of a Jurassic(?) granodiorite to biotite-quartz diorite intrusion that, based on an airborne survey, underlies the Meier Lake area (Rose and Saunders (1965, figs. 1 and 3). Gabbro and diorite underlie the area north of greenschist and amphibolite. Magnetite containing small amounts of chalcopyrite occurs in greenschist and sheared diorite. Magnetite forms lenticular veinlets as much as 1 inch thick Chalcopyrite also occurs in a Jurassic(?) granodiorite on nearby Hogan Hill (GU007 and GU008).
  • Age = Probably Jurassic, formed in contact zones of a Jurassic granodiorite to biotite-quartz diorite intrusion.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chistochina

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Small exploration pits (Rose and Saunders, 1965).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Rose and Saunders, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-00 W.T. Ellis Alaska Earth Sciences
Reporter 20-DEC-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 20-DEC-00 W.J. Nokleberg U.S. Geological Survey

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