| Deposit ID | 10002133 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013024 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Neacola River |
| Geographic coordinates: | -153.0527, 60.95946 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Occurrence is on peak 6,805 in the Neacola Mountains, NW corner of the Lake Clark D-1 quadrangle. Corresponds with locality 6 of Nelson and others (1985) and locality 19 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). Sec. 17, T. 10 N., R. 21 W., of the Seward Meridian. Accurate within 1,200 meters. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kenai Peninsula(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Clark D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Lake Clark NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lake Clark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Redoubt-Trading Bays(hydrologic unit)
Western Cook Inlet(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Azurite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 79 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
| Mark3 model number | 2 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -153.0527, 60.95946 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Redoubt |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013024 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LC001 |
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 Cu-Mo (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21a) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Area is very rugged and partly covered by glaciers. 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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