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Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003503
MRDS ID A106261
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.56275, 61.69949 (WGS84)
Relative position MacKevett and Holloway (1977, locality 12) show this lode prospect on the west side of the Hayes River approximately 28 miles up from the confluence with the Skwentna River; in about the center of the west half of Section 33, T. 19 N., R. 18 W at about 5100 feet elevation (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998, MAS # 0020840006 and 0020840032 and U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, locality 50).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tyonek C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tyonek NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyonek(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.56275, 61.69949
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Lode claim located by St. Eugene Mining Corp. in the 1970s for gold (USBM, 1998). Occurrence is probably near the contact between lower Tertiary granitic rocks and Jura-Cretacous flysch of the Kahiltna Group. (MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, p. 77). No other published information is available.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface prospecting.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998, Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), Talkeetna Quadrangle: Worldwide Web URL http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = MacKevett and Holloway, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Unknown
Deposit Other Comments = No descriptive information is published on this prospect.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1998 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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