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Miners River No. 1

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Arsenic, Gold, Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003444
MRDS ID A106201
Record type Site
Current site name Miners River No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.33258, 61.08958 (WGS84)
Relative position On north-facing slope along an unnamed north-northwest flowing tributary of an eastern fork of Miners River. NW1/4 sec. 33, T. 12 N., R. 12 E., of the Seward Meridian. Accurate within 2,600 ft. Locality A-9 of Jansons and others (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.33258, 61.08958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone of the Tertiary Orca Group are cut by a 450 ft mineralized zone that contains quartz and calcite veinlets. Float rocks found in general area contains sphalerite, galena, arsenopyrite, and chalcopyrite. Three chip samples contained 1.6 to 4.1 ppm Ag and 26 ppm to 0.18 percent As. Selected grab sample contained 4.8 percent Zn, 1.7 percent Pb, 0.5 percent Cu, 55 ppm Ag, 1.7 ppm Au, and 16 percent As (Jansons, 1984).
  • Age = Paleocene or younger; mineralized zone cuts sandstones, siltstones, and mudstones of the Tertiary Orca Group.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Jansons and others (1984) reported that three chip samples contain 1.6 to 4.1 ppm Ag and 26 ppm to 0.18 percent As. A selected grab sample contained 4.8 percent Zn, 1.7 percent Pb, 0.5 percent Cu, 55 ppm Ag, 1.7 ppm Au, and 16 percent As. Reportedly low potential for mineral development.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c ? )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss U.S. Geological Survey

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