| Deposit ID | 10002175 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013072 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed (upper Chilligan River) |
| Related records | 10209431 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -153.22441, 61.44447 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This occurrence is on the north side of the upper Chilligan River within a small glacier-filled valley. It is at the toe of a south-flowing glacier, at an elevation of about 4,600 feet, and 1.5 miles north of Chilligan River. The map site is in the SE1/4 section 28, T 16 N, R 22 W, of the Seward Meridian. This is locality 15 of Cobb (1972 [MF 412]; 1976 [OF 76-485]) and location 30 of Gamble and others (1989). The location is probably accurate to within one-half mile. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kenai Peninsula(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lime Hills B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Lime Hills SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lime Hills(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 |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | 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 > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock |
| (1) | -153.22441, 61.44447 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Redoubt |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013072 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LH029 |
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).
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.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 22c) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = This occurrence is within Lake Clark National Park. |
| 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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