Cirque Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Bismuth, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136537
MAS/MILS ID 0020730049
Record type Site
Current site name Cirque Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -156.98075, 62.84412 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 032 N 041 W 21 NESESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -156.98075, 62.84412

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1981

Mining district

District name Innoko District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GEOL RPT 72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM TOURMALINE-AXINITE-GREISEN FRACTURE FILLINGS IN MONZONITE OVERLYING BASALT. ANALYSIS SHOWS UVR TO 20% CU, 3% PB, 32 OZ/TON AG, 2000 PPM SB, 2000 PPM BI, AND 100 PPM SN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUN-1991 Djb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.