| Deposit ID | 10002172 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013069 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed (near Styx River) |
| Geographic coordinates: | -153.05693, 61.68337 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This occurrence is on the nose of a ridge above an east tributary to the Styx River. It is at an elevation of about 4,500 feet, 0.6 mile northwest of peak 6050. The map site is in the NE1/4 section 3, T 18 N, R 21 W, of the Seward Meridian. This is locality 12 of Cobb (1972 [MF 412]; 1976 [OF 76-485]). The location is probably accurate to within a quarter of a mile. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bethel(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lime Hills C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Lime Hills NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lime Hills(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Azurite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Mount Estelle Pluton | ||||||
| Rock description | Mount Estelle Pluton | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| (1) | -153.05693, 61.68337 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | McGrath |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013069 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LH014 |
Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485, 101 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Lime Hills quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-412, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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; Part A, Summaries to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-A, 25 p.
Reed, B.L., and Elliott, R.L., 1970, Reconnaissance geologic map, analyses of bedrock and stream sediment samples, and an aeromagnetic map of parts of the southern Alaska Range: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-217, 145 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. (Also published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 413).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 22c) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUN-2001 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology | |
| Reporter | 10-JUN-2001 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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