| Deposit ID | 10001751 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012536 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pushbush |
| Geographic coordinates: | -141.32261, 63.51975 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The Pushbush prospect is located in the SE 1/4 section 11, T. 20 N., R. 21 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It is location 11 of Singer and others (1976), and location 13 of Eberlein and others (1977). It is just north of the Big Creek prospect (TC004). The location is accurate to within 1 mile. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tanacross C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Tanacross NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tanacross(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 79 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
| Mark3 model number | 2 |
| (1) | -141.32261, 63.51975 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Fortymile |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012536 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | TC024 |
Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.
Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.
Sinclair, W.D., 1986, Molybdenum, tungsten, and tin deposits and associated granitoid intrusions in the Northern Canadian cordillera and adjacent parts of Alaska, in Morin, J.A., ed., Mineral deposits of the northern cordillera: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 37, p. 216-233.
Foster, H.L., and Keith, T.E.C., 1994, Geology of the Yukon-Tanana area of east-central Alaska: in Plafker, G. and Berg, H.C., eds, The geology of North America, vol. G-1, The geology of Alaska: Geological Society of America, p. 205-240.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Mo deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21a) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = See also: Taurus (TC027) and ASARCO (TC001) prospects. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-APR-99 | Cameron, C.E. | Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys |
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