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Cornelius Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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 10308882
MRDS ID D002750
Record type Site
Current site name Cornelius Creek
Related records 10009660

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.67245, 57.80942 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is located 1 1/2 miles west of the gaging station on Red Cloud River in sec. 27, T. 27 S., R. 21 W., of the Seward Meridian (Rose and Richter, 1967, figure 1, locality 2; Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 12; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 12).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kodiak D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kodiak NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kodiak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ouzinkie Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.67245, 57.80942
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Float prospecting led to the discovery of a 6- to 8-foot thick siliceous bed containing disseminated scheelite. A sample of this material assayed 3.45 percent tungsten oxide over 27 inches (Jasper, 1955). Kodiak Exploration Company sent a sample of mineralized rock from this prospect or from their Chalet Mountain property (KD025) to Wah Chang Corporation for assay and examination. They identified the so-called siliceous material as tactite or skarn (Jasper, 1955).
  • Age = Cretaceous or younger

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sample collected across 27 inches contained 3.45 percent tungsten oxide.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Rose and Richter, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = W skarn? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 14a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1998 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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