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Luther Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003206
MRDS ID A016014
Record type Site
Current site name Luther Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.15174, 65.52594 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Diomede Native 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

  • USGS CIRCULAR 214, PLATE 1, PROSPECT NO. 1. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Axinite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Analytical data

Result TRACE AU, 0.23 OZ AG/TON, USGS BULLETIN 358, P. 44.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.15174, 65.52594
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite/Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY TRENCH 30 FT LONG, 10 FT WIDE, AND 12 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA AND SPHALERITE IN 4 FT THICK REPLACEMENT LODE IN MARMARIZED LIMESTONE; SPHALERITE IN CONTACT METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE NEARBY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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