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Unnamed (upper Chute Creek)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307539
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (upper Chute Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.71784, 63.90164 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is at an elevation of about 5,400 feet, on the east side of the valley of upper Chute Creek. The map site is about 1.25 mile northwest of VABM 7437 (Al), in the SE1/4 of sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The accuracy of the location is within 0.25 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

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

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation of copper mineral(s) to malachite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.71784, 63.90164
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Prospect is in the Lower Paleozoic Keevy Peak Formation and consists of surficial malachite in quartz-sericite schist.
  • Age = Mineralization was probably syngenetic with the host rocks (Early Paleozoic).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Exploration consists of surface sampling and trenching.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = www.grayd.com, 1999

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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