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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, 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. 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 10001269
MRDS ID A011992
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.24168, 67.308 (WGS84)

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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ADGGS OFR 133 B, PLATE 1, NOS. 468, 469, 470,471 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 Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANOMALOUS CO IN SAMPLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result .54-8.28 PPM AU, 28-5.6 PPM AG, 923-1360 PPM CU, ADGGS OFR 133 B, TABLE 2, NO. 468-471

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.24168, 67.308
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALCITE-MUSCOVITE-QUARTZ SCHIST WITH MARBLE INTERLAYERS.

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 State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAYERS AND VEINS OF MASSIVE SULFIDES UP TO 30 CM THICK; QUARTZ GANGUE; SULFIDES ARE PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE; AU AND AG DETECTED IN ANALYSIS
Deposit SEE ALSO: DEPOSIT NO. 472 ; 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
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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