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Water Level Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093974
MRDS ID A011260
Record type Site
Current site name Water Level Prospect
Related records 10185494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.93761, 63.5379 (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 SKETCH MAP OF QUIGLEY HILL CLAIMS, USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 29; BUNDTZEN, IN ADGGS OFR 98, GIVES MUCH DIFFERENT LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEE RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR ADDITIONAL ASSAY INFORMATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Heavily Oxidized

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES REPORTED TO HAVE ASSAYED 30 TO 40 OZ/TON AG, DAVIS, 1923, P. 130

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.93761, 63.5379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 65 N
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CUTS BIRCH CREEK ROCKS; PART OF MINERALIZED HYDRAULIC FRACTURE SYSTEM IN KANTISHNA AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings TRENCH
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT OF VEIN EXPOSED BY TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SIDERITE VEIN IN EXTENSIVELY OXIDIZED SHEAR ZONE
Deposit SEE ALSO: WHITE HAWK, SULPHIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

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