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Unnamed (south of Polychrome Pass)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307505
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (south of Polychrome Pass)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.92286, 63.49958 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is at an elevation of about 4,400 feet, east of upper Toklat River and about a mile south-southeast of Polychrome Pass. The map site is just north of the center of sec. 29, T. 16 S., R. 12 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. Access to the site is from the McKinley Park road. The location is accurate to within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.92286, 63.49958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this prospect are the Paleocene Cantwell Formation, which consists of andesite, basalt, rhyolite and dacite flows, pyroclastic rocks, a few interbeds of sandstone and a few small bodies of related subvolcanic intrusive rocks. Little information about this deposit has been made public. Apparently, it consists of auriferous quartz veins in the Paleocene volcanic rocks.
  • Age = Paleocene or younger.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = No recent exploration or development work. No record of old mine workings; probably surface work only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This record

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
Deposit Other Comments = the prospect is in Denali National Park Wilderness.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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