Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002678
MRDS ID A015119
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.87268, 64.06836 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.75 MILES EAST OF CHICKEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 14. NEAR TAYLOR HIGHWAY ON NEXT CREEK EAST OF LOST CHICKEN CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY FROM FLOAT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AU: .02 OZ./TON, AG: .68 OZ./TON, CU: .1%, PB: .2%, ZN: .3%. SEE REF. 2, P. 2.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.87268, 64.06836

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (A-2), LOC. 14.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES AND MINERALS GEOCHEMICAL REPT. 16, P. 2.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DATA ON MINERALOGY OR MODE OF OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.