Black Mt Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003212
MRDS ID A016022
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mt Prospect
Alternate or previous names Willow Branch of Tozer Cr., Winkley Fault

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.7409, 65.50456 (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-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(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

Brevig Mission 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 PROF. PAPER 575-B, FIG. 1, P. B22. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Marmatite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Black Mt. Stock
    Rock description Black Mt. Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 79.1
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Biotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Core Of Normally-Faulted Domal Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Winkley Fault; Mineralized Nw-Trending High-Angle Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Length 762M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Controlled

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT-BOUNDED GRANITE STOCK INTRUDED INTO PRECAMBRIAN CARBONACEOUS METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ALTERED TO ANDALUSITE HORNFELS AT CONTACT; NEARBY PRECAMB. ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE REPLACED BY CALC-SILICATE MINERALS OVER WIDE AREAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNET-RICH TACTITE ADJACENT TO ALTERED FAULT ZONE CONTAINS MARMATITE, PYRITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE IN GANGUE OF FLUORITE AND F. GRAINED SILICA; NEARBY QUARTZ-CASSITERITE VEINS IN SLATE.
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-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald 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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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