| Deposit ID | 10002130 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013021 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Telaquana River |
| Geographic coordinates: | -153.55465, 60.93056 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Approximately 1.8 km north (upstream) from confluence of an unnamed southward flowing stream and the Telaquana River. This is locality 3 of Nelson and others (1985) and locality 17 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). SW1/4NW1/4 sec. 28, T. 10 N., R. 24 W., of the Seward Meridian. Accurate to within 450 m. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bethel(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Clark D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Lake Clark NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lake Clark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Stony River(hydrologic unit)
Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lake Clark National Preserve(National Preserve)
National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 80 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21b |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Mo, low-F |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -153.55465, 60.93056 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Aniak |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013021 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LC003 |
Reed, B.L., and Lanphere, M.A., 1972, Generalized geologic map of the Alaska-Aleutian range batholith showing potassium-argon ages of the plutonic rocks: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-372, 2 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.
Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., 1976, Geology and geochemistry of certain land within the Lake Clark National Park: Contract report for U.S. Bureau of Mines, 109 p.
Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska - Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-A, 25 p.
Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska - Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-B, 20 p.
Nelson, W.H., Carlson, C., and Case, J.E., 1983, Geologic map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1114-A, scale 1:250,000.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Porphyry Mo, Low - F (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21b) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-JUN-1998 | M.L. Miller | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 15-JUN-1998 | D.P. Bickerstaff | U.S. Geological Survey |
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