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Mission Creek Gold-Silver-Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Uranium, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002479
MRDS ID A013414
Record type Site
Current site name Mission Creek Gold-Silver-Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Konechney Prospect
Related records 10112909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.11787, 61.65379 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MI. NE OF VABM SHARP; 7.1 MI. NE OF CHUATHBALUK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USBM OFR 9-85, FIG. 5, MAP LOC. 64; USGS MF-444, LOC. 5 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OLD REPORT OF STIBNITE IS PROBABLY INCORRECT. STIBNITE NOT FOUND IN LATER INVESTIGATIONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF VEIN GAVE 0.1 OZ/TON AU, 1.0 OZ/TON AG, 1.0% CU, 0.004% EU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.11787, 61.65379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON INTRUDES CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF KUSKOKWIM GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Joe Konechney

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS WITH TOTAL OF 900 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. MAIN ADIT 800 FT. DEEP. PORTAL OF UPPER ADIT CAVED, LOWER ADIT ICED SHUT. SEVERAL SURFACE PITS AND TRENCHES NOW SLUMPED IN. MAIN ADIT WENT THROUGH ORE VEIN, ALTHOUGH KONECHNEY DID NOT REALIZE IT AND KEPT DIGGING.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS STAKED BY JOE KONECHNEY IN 1920, WHO PROCEDED TO EXCAVATE SINGLE HANDEDLY, BY HAND, 900 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS (BELIEVE IT OR NOT!) AS WELL AS PITS AND TRENCHES. ADIT PARTIALLY FLOODED IN 1943. NO PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 9-85, P. 227, FIG. 5, MAP NO. 64 (1985)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 77-156, P. 73 (1977)

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-444, LOC. 5 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS I-292 (1959)

  • Deposit

    USGS C 328, P. 1-2, 5-7 (1954)

  • Other Database

    USBM-OFR-9-85-64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS AND THIN LAYERS OF BRECCIA AND GOUGE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE IN ZONE 200 FT. WIDE TRACED FOR 1,000 FT.. CONTAINS ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, HEMATITE, METAZEUNERITE, PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SCHEELITE, MAGNETITE, ILMENITE, AUZERITE, CHRYSOCOLLA.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-87 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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