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Ridgetop Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000634
MRDS ID A011249
Record type Site
Current site name Ridgetop Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.71261, 63.58151 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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

  • ONE OF SEVERAL CLAIMS DESCRIBED ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN SPRUCE AND CREVICE CREEKS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LITTLE DATA THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THIS SITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.71261, 63.58151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CUTS BIRCH CREEK TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit SEE ALSO: HUMBOLDT, LENA AND SILVER WIRE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-84 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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