| Deposit ID | 10003214 |
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| MRDS ID | A016025 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ward Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims: Excelsior, Arkansas, Gem, Victor, Butte, S. Extension-Excelsior, S. Extension-Arkansas, Side |
| Related records | 10111643 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -165.22286, 65.74043 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)
Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 0.46 FT WIDE CONTAINED 25.7% CU, OTHER SEVEN SAMPLES FROM 0.5 FT - 5.33 FT WIDE, CONTAINED 0.3-8.3% CU, USBM RI 4110, FIG. 3. |
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| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -165.22286, 65.74043 |
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| General form | TABULAR |
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| Thickness | 0.53M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Year of last production | 1916 |
| District name | Serpentine |
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| Ownership category | State |
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| Year | 1906 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1907 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1913 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A016025 |
USGS BULLETIN 284, P. 139.
USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 440-441.
USGS CIRCULAR 565, P. 4.
USGS OFR 377, P. 8, 22.
USGS OFR 536, P. 2-3.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 8, LOC. 57.
USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 16.
BAG-MF-426-15
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GRAVITY DATA INDICATE POSSIBLE BURIED INTRUSIVE; SN DEPOSITS MAY BE PRESENT AT DEPTHS NO GREATER THAN 9 FEW 100 FT, USGS FOR 536, P. 2-3. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1904-5 |
| Deposit | ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED ALONG FAINT LAMINAE IN SILICIFIED CARBONATE AT BASE OF KLIPPE RESTING ON MICA-SCHIST; SECONDARY MALACHITE AND AZURITE FORMED MUCH OF THE ORE MINED FROM REPLACEMENT BODY 6-21 IN THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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