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Bowser Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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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 10002598
MRDS ID A015035
Record type Site
Current site name Bowser Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.69171, 62.18976 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 23 MILES SOUTH OF FAREWELL, AK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrath A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-379, LOC. 12. NORTHEAST SIDE OF BOWSER CREEK. 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
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEE USGS CIRC. 559, TABLE 3, SAMPLES 23-42.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Bearing Sulfide Minerals Weather To A Deep Reddish Brown.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.69171, 62.18976
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TALUS ISOLATES OUTCROPS. SKARN ZONE BENEATH TALUS MAY EXTEND OVER 1000 FT. MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE REPLACEMENT BODY SKARNS AND FISSURE VEINS IN PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Reed And Elliott

Mining district

District name Mcgrath

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-379 (A-2) LOC. 12.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 559, P. 5-8, 15.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 569, P. 2-4.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-379-12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS AND LENSES OF SPHALERITE, GALENA, PYRRHOTITE, AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE IN SKARN AND VEINS IN SILICATED LIMESTONE, ADJACENT TO MAFIC AND FELSIC DIKES.
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-MAR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-1994 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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