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Unnamed Occurence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000215
MRDS ID A010253
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.16009, 54.73584 (WGS84)
Elevation 6

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixon Entrance C-1 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dixon Entrance(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ATOMIC ABSORPTION ANALYSES: 2.3% -0.15% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.16009, 54.73584
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Strikes N8e 75se

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDS OF MASSIVE SULFIDE PARALLEL TO BEDDING AND SULFIDES DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY ROCK. INDIVIUAL SULFIDE LAYERS ARE FROM A FEW CM TO 1M THICK.
Deposit MAY BE SAME MINERALIZED BODY AS THAT AT FEICKERT PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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