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Upper South Currant Creek Copper Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002121
MRDS ID A013016
Record type Site
Current site name Upper South Currant Creek Copper Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.57348, 60.27055 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Clark B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lake Clark SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Clark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Clark(hydrologic unit)

Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Clark National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-1114-B, LOCATION 28 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic Diorite

Analytical data

Result STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLE-360 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.57348, 60.27055
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976
Discoverer Research Associates Of Alaska

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • NONE, OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES TAKEN BY RAA IN 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-1114-B, LOC. 28 (1985)

  • Deposit

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATES OF ALASKA, INC., P. 48 (1976)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-1114-B-28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAK PROPYLITIC ALTERED DIORITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE CUT BY PYRITIZED RHYOLITE AND GABBRO DIKES.
Deposit COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PORPHYRY IS A POSSIBILITY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

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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