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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001237
MRDS ID A011954
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Emma Dome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.42304, 67.32385 (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

Gates of the Arctic 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

  • USGS PP 709, FIG. 3 AND FIG. 13; ROCK SAMPLE SYMBOL NEAR EMMA DOME LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MODE OF OCCURRENCE UNCERTAIN; PROBABLY FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result AU AND AG DETECTED IN ANALYSIS
Result SYMBOLS USED FOR ROCK SAMPLE INDICATE BETWEEN 6.0-19.0 PPM AG AND 0.04-0.079 PPM AU ARE PRESENT IN VEIN QUARTZ, USGS PP 709, FIG. 3, FIG. 13

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.42304, 67.32385
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONLY EVIDENCE FOR LOCAL SOURCE FOR GOLD IN PLACERS SOUTH OF WISEMAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 709, P. 20, FIGS. 3, 13

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-469-17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND SILVER IN A QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit ALSO REPORTED FOR SAME LOCATION: CU SULFIDES AND MALACHITE STAINS AT CONTACT BETWEEN SCHIST UNIT AND SCHIST AND MARBLE UNIT, BOTH OF DEVONIAN (?) AGE; SEE: USGS OFR 200 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 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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