| 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: | -166.7409, 65.50456 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Marmatite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Idocrase | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Black Mt. Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Black Mt. Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| 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 |
| Strike | NW |
|---|---|
| Dip | SW |
| Length | 762M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1967 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A016022 |
USGS PROF. PAPER 575-B, P. B21-B25.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 7, LOC. 43.
GSA BULL., V. 94, NO. 6, P. 769-771.
BAG-MF-426-12
| 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. |
| 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. |
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