| Deposit ID | 10002180 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013077 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Chilligan |
| Geographic coordinates: | -153.24997, 61.46614 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This occurrence is on the east side of an unnamed north tributary valley to the upper Chilligan River. It is near the toe of a small glacier at an elevation of about 5,000 feet, 0.9 mile north-northwest of peak 6237. The map site is in the NE1/4 section 20, T 16 N, R 22 W, of the Seward Meridian. This occurrence is included under the name West Chilligan by Cobb and Reed (1981); it is location 31 of Gamble and others (1989). It is approximately located, perhaps 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 |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Model code | 79 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
| Mark3 model number | 2 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| (1) | -153.24997, 61.46614 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Redoubt |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013077 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LH027 |
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; Part A, Summaries to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-A, 25 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Mo (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 21a) |
| 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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