| Deposit ID | 10308768 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011635 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Reed Creek |
| Related records | 10282900, 10000964 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -149.15269, 61.84956 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1,000 ft north of the unnamed lake that is the headwater of Reed Creek, a tributary of Archangel Creek. Accurate within 2,500 ft. Locality 33 of Cobb (1972) and locality 24 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Anchorage D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)
Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Hatcher Pass Management Area-East(State Special Management Area)
State Special Management Area ST(Type of land area)
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | |||||
| |||||
| (1) | -149.15269, 61.84956 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Willow Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | AN053 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011635 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002736 |
Martin, G.C., 1919, Alaska Mining Industry in 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692, p. 11-42
Smith, P.S., 1942, Occurrences of molybdenum in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926-C, p. 161-210.
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Tungsten occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-66, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Other Comments = Information on deposit is very non-specific. Mackevett and Holloway (1977), assumed deposit to be a pegmatite carrying molybdenite and chalcopyrite probably on the basis of regional geology. Other references mention only low-grade molybdenite-copper mineralization. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-JUL-1998 | D.P. Bickerstaff; S.W. Huss | U.S. Geological Survey |
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