| Deposit ID | 10307365 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed (Dick Creek drainage) |
| Geographic coordinates: | -144.31244, 60.34962 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This site represents several occurrences in an approximately 15-sq.-mi area in the Dick Creek drainage. The roughly circular area is bounded on the south by Bering Lake and on the north, west, and east by the drainage divides of the tributaries of Dick Creek. The map site is about at the center of the area in the SW1/4, sec. 35, T. 17 S., R. 6 E., of the Copper River Meridian. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cordova B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Cordova SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Bering Glacier(hydrologic unit)
Gulf of Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Chugach National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Model code | 208 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 31a |
| Deposit model name | Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 13 |
| (1) | -144.31244, 60.34962 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|
| District name | Copper River |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CV032 |
Pickthorn, W.J., Goldfarb, R.J., O'Leary, R.M., Sutley, S.J., and Weaver, S.C., 1985, Kayak Island-Analysis of a geochemical anomaly, in Bartsch-Winkler, Susan, and Reed, K.M., eds., The U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska-Accomplishments during 1983: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 945, p. 82-83.
Winkler, G.R., and Plafker, George, (1991) 1993, Geologic map of the Cordova and Middleton Island quadrangles, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1984, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Nelson, S.W., Miller, M.L., Goldfarb, R.J., Snee, L.W., Sherman, G.E., Roe, C.H., and Balen, M.D., 1994, Mineral resource assessment of the Chugach National Forest Special Study area in northern Prince William Sound, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-272, 18 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Possibly sedimentary-exhalative Pb-Zn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 31a) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = This and other geologically similar areas in the Cordova quadrangle warrant further investigation (Nelson and others, 1994). Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUN-00 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |
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