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Peace River Ag-Mo-Cu Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002552
MRDS ID A013495
Record type Site
Current site name Peace River Ag-Mo-Cu Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.08138, 65.45301 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 39 MI. SE OF CANDLE; ON HEADWATERS OF PEACE RIVER 1.2 MI. SW OF POINT 998.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 13, FIG. 7, SAMPLE LOC. 3; USGS MF-389, LOC. 16. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Syenite Oxidized Where Cut By Pyrite-Quartz Veins.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.08138, 65.45301
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL SATELLITE STOCK OF GRANITE MOUNTAIN PLUTON, COMPOSED OF SYENITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Discoverer Usgs (Miller, Elliott, And Others)

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 12-14, 18, FIG. 7, TABLE 2, LOC. 3, 6 (1969).

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-389, LOC. 16 (1972).

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 76-866, P. 44 (1976).

  • Other Database

    BAG-C-614-FIG-7-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SYENITE STOCK CONTAINS LOCALLY ABUNDANT DISSEMINATED PYRITE CUBES, AND A LITTLE FINE-GRAINED MOLYBDENITE. HIGH AG AND PB VALUES ARE PROBABLY FROM ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA. COPPER SULFIDE MINERALS REPORTED (PROBABLY CHALCOPYRITE) IN AREA BY OLD REPORTS. GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE BOTH PRESENT IN STREAM AND CONCENTRATES.
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-SEP-87 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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