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North Star Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093971
MRDS ID A011241
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mammoth Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.70428, 63.58568 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN USGS BULL 687, P. 99; AT THE HEAD OF CREVICE CREEK ABOUT 500 FT BELOW THE SUMMIT OF SPRUCE PEAK ON THE N SLOPE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Birch Creek
    Rock description Birch Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.70428, 63.58568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip }
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY STRIKES N 25 E, DIPS 05 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer C. A. Trundy

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, SLUMPED BY 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN STREAM BANK ANOTHER 6 FT VEIN REPORTED UNCOVERED IN TALUS WAS REBURIED BEFORE USGS INVESTIGATOR COULD VISIT SITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-84 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-95 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

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