| Deposit ID | 10001453 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012201 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mint |
| Related records | 10209535 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -149.36084, 62.86847 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Located on Portage Creek about 2 3/4 mi (4.4 km) north of confluence of Susitna River and Portage Creek; 9 mi (14.4 km) east of Chulitna; location accurate to within 1/4 mi (400 m). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Talkeetna Mountains D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Talkeetna Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)
Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Miargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 78 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 20c |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Au |
| Mark3 model number | 34 |
| Model code | 85 |
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| (1) | -149.36084, 62.86847 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Valdez Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012201 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | TK010 |
Brooks, A.H., 1925, Alaska's mineral resources and production, 1923: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 3-52.
Capps, S.R., and Short, M.N., 1926, A ruby silver prospect in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783, p. 89-95.
Smith, P.S., 1929, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1926: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 797, p. 1-50.
Smith, P.S., 1932, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1929, in Smith, P.S., and others Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1929: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824-A, p. 1-81.
Smith, P.S., 1937, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880-A, p. 1-95.
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Karlson, R.C., Curtin, G.C., Cooley, E.F., and Garmezy, Larry, 1977, Geochemical maps of selected elements and results of spectrographic analyses for heavy-mineral concentrates from the western half of the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-530, 7 p., 5 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-558-B, 20 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-716, 63 p.
Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, 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.
Smith, P.S., 1930, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1927: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 810-A, p. 1-64.
Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.
Smith, P.S., 1933, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1930: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 836-A, p. 1-83.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Au or polymetallic vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 20c, or 22c?) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1996 | Riehle, J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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