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Unnamed (overlooking headwaters of Jones River)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307873
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (overlooking headwaters of Jones River)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.17184, 62.46749 (WGS84)
Relative position This unnamed occurrence is located on a flattened, south-facing spur overlooking the headwaters of the Jones River; it is at an elevation of 5,200 feet (1,585 m) in the SE1/4 sec. 33, T. 28 N., R. 21 W., of the Seward Meridian. The reporter visited the site in 1984; at station nos. 84BT104 and 84BT147.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrath B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Carbonate

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive carbonate alteration.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.17184, 62.46749
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This unnamed occurrence consists of a mineralized quartz-carbonate breccia zone in a small composite pluton of Late Cretaceous (79 Ma) age (Solie and others, 1991). The pluton averages diorite in composition; it covers an equant, one square kilometer area, and intrudes the sandstone, siltstone, and silty limestone of the mid-Silurian Terra Cotta Mountains Sandstone, a unit of the Dillinger subterrane (Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997). . The deposit consists of disseminated chalcopyrite, pyrite, and a trace of galena in an intrusive hosted, quartz-carbonate breccia. Total sulfides amount to no more than 1 percent of the total mineralized zone. No surface measurements of the mineralized area are available. No assay data is available. Metallic content is based on field identification of sulfide minerals.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The reporter examined the site in 1984. No assay data is available. Metallic content is based on field identification of sulfide minerals.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This description

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic replacement(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 19a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-DEC-98 T.K. Bundtzen Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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