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Arkansas Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony, 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000596
MRDS ID A011202
Record type Site
Current site name Arkansas Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.789, 63.56068 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF THE W FORK OF GLEN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLOTTED FROM ADGGS OFR 98, PLATE 2, LOC. 45. 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 Primary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS REPORTED AS SULFIDES OF LEAD, ANTIMONY AND SPHALERITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ACROSS 5 FT QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINED 90 OZ/TON AG, DAVIS, 1923, P. 132

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Birch Creek
    Rock description Birch Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.789, 63.56068
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Antiform Cut By Ne And Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Width 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 22

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL OPENINGS CAVED IN 1931; BULLDOZER TRENCHING BY 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE ABOUT 14 FT WIDE COMPOSED OF 3 BANDS OF QUARTZ & SULPHIDES 1.5 TO 5 FT THICK SEPARATED BY BANDS OF SCHIST
Deposit SEE ALSO: PENSION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

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