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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000659
MRDS ID A011283
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.85539, 63.55429 (WGS84)

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

  • MORRISON LOCATIONS E13 AND E14, PLATE IV (SEE REFERENCES). 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
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED: 0.12 OZ AU AND 228.18 OZ AG PER TON
Result 0.02 OZ AU AND 64.72 OZ AG PER TON
Result MORRISON, 1964, P. 100

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.85539, 63.55429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N78W
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 0.15M

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

  • Deposit

    MORRISON, D.A., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF KANTISHNA AND VICINITY, KANTISHNA DISTRICT, ALASKA; UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA: COLLEGE, ALASKA, P. 99-100

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL QUARTZ VEIN OR VEINS UP TO 2 FT THICK WITH SULFIDES IN 6 IN WIDE ZONE; APPEARS TO PINCH OUT

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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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