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Unnamed (near Indian Mountain)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003533
MRDS ID A106291
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Indian Mountain)
Alternate or previous names Indian Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.60279, 62.87958 (WGS84)
Relative position On ridge on W side of Alaska Railroad, 1/4 mi (400 m) S of Benchmark 1272; location accurate to within 1/2 mi (800 m).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali State Park(State Park)

State Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 78
USGS model code 20c
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Au
Mark3 model number 34
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.60279, 62.87958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Lode claim at contact of Tertiary granite with argillite. Quartz veins occur in the granite. Analysis of rock samples yielded 1 ppm Ag, 8 ppm Mo, 0.01% Cu (Balen, 1990). At least some of these samples were quartz veins.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Claim staked during 1962-63. Analysis of rock samples yielded 1 ppm Ag, 8 ppm Mo, 0.01% Cu (Balen, 1990). At least some of these samples were quartz veins.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Balen, 1990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Au or polymetallic vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 20c or 22c?)
Deposit Other Comments = Available information is not sufficiently detailed to determine whether or not this site is the same as the Unnamed prospect reported in ARDF no. TK009.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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