Unnamed (north of Talkeetna River)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001421
MRDS ID A012167
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (north of Talkeetna River)
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.71967, 62.50458 (WGS84)
Relative position About 1/2 mi (800 m) W of small unnamed lake in extreme SW corner of SE 1/4 of Talkeetna Mountains C-4 quadrangle; 1 mi (1.6 km) NE of Talkeetna River; location accurate to within 1/4 mi (400 m) (Csejtey and Miller, 1978, loc. 45).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Talkeetna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = silver mineral

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron oxide

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 83
USGS model code 22a
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted Cu-As-Sb
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46
Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.71967, 62.50458

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small Cu-bearing shear zone occurs in mafic meta-volcanic rock of Paleozoic age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Csejtey and Miller, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Volcanic-hosted Cu-As-Sb, or polymetallic vein, or gold-quartz vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22a, or 22c, or 36a?)
Deposit Model Number = 22a, or 22c, or 36a?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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