Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001228
MRDS ID A011942
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.16361, 67.38191 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION APPROXIMATED FROM USBM IC 8626, FIG. 3, NO. 22 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
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.16361, 67.38191

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINLETS ARE IN ROCHES MONTONEES OF DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kuyukuk

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8626, P. 9, NO. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL BLEB OF BORNITE IN QUARTZ VEIN; CU AND ZN DETECTED IN ANALYSIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.