Unnamed (in south tributary to upper Iron Creek)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001435
MRDS ID A012183
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (in south tributary to upper Iron Creek)
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.98578, 62.28263 (WGS84)
Relative position Location given is on a small tributary of Iron Creek in extreme SW quarter of the Talkeetna Mountains B-4 quadrangle; 1 mile (1.6 km) S of Iron Creek; location accurate to within 1/4 mi (400 m) radius (Csejtey and Miller, 1978, loc. 68).

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 B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains SW(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
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor oxidation (gossan) in breccia zones.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.98578, 62.28263

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Copper minerals occur in brecciated granitic rocks of Jurassic 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 (some diamond drilling on claims in area).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = MacKevett and Holloway, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. 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.