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Green Wonder Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials 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 10094001
MRDS ID A011820
Record type Site
Current site name Green Wonder Prospect
Related records 10282730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.07913, 63.30633 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: ADGGS GR 14, FIG. 2, LOC. 13 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANOMALOUS NI AND CR; NO NICKEL MINERALS OBSERVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result X-RAY ANALYSIS SHOWED: 10% ZN, 4% CR, 2% NI AND LESS THAN 0.1% PB AND AS

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS AMPHIBOLITIC SERPENTINITE ALTERED TO GARNET, QUARTZ AND DIOPSIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delta River

Comments on development

  • MINOR TRENCHING WAS DONE BY MONETA-PORCUPINE IN 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW ZONE OF QUARTZ-SILICATE ROCK CONTAINS SPHALERITE, CHROME GARNET AND PYRITE; ANOMALOUS NI AND CR; ZONE IS LESS THAN 1 FT THICK
Deposit ZN MINERALIZATION AT THIS SITE IS UNIQUE IN THE RAINY CREEK AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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