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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Antimony
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001708
MRDS ID A012491
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.88368, 64.76611 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Delta D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USBM OFR 176-84, PLATE 1, LOC. 49 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.88368, 64.76611
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS AN ORANGE WEATHERING SILICA-ANKERITE ROCK CONTAINING DISSEMINATED FUCHSITE AND RELICT CHROMITE; CUT BY MINOR VEINLETS OF SERPENTINITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 176-84, P. 4, 6-7, 11, TABLE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PODS OF AZURITE-AND MALACHITE-STAINED ROCK LESS THAN 0.5 CM IN DIAMETER CONTAIN ANOMALOUS CU, SB AND AG
Deposit SEE ALSO "NAIL" ALLOCTHON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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