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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001934
MRDS ID A012768
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.87305, 65.19822 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BRISKEY, J.A., 1983, UNPUB. USGS ADMIN. REPT., FIG. 12, LOC. SP8-21-82. 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
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.87305, 65.19822
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLOTS OF EPIDOTE AND MALACHITE IN BASALTIC FLOAT ON DUMP; MARBLE, AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, AMPHIBOLITE, BASALT(?), AND RHYOLITE IN TALUS NEAR EDIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1982
Discoverer Usgs

Mining district

District name Council/Niukluk-Pargon River Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT; TRENDS N 45 DEGREES E.

Comments on development

  • FOUND DURING FIELD WORK FOR BENDELBEN QUAD. AMRAP; PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRISKEY, J.A., 1983, UNPUB. USGS ADMIN. REPT., P. 24-25, LOC. SP8-21-82.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS IN DRUSY COMB-QUARTZ FOUND ON DUMP: CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, LIMONITE (REPLACING CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE(?)), MAGNETITE, AND CERUSSITE
Deposit DUMP AND TALUS MATERIAL SUGGEST SIMILAR DEPOSITIONAL SETTING SIMILAR TO DEP. NO. BN-86. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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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