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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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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 10000661
MRDS ID A011285
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Quartz Lode 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.37236, 63.95515 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali D-1(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPEARS LOW GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAY: 0.65% CU, 0.01% PB, 0.14 OZ/TON AG, ADGGS OFR 98, P. 47 NO. 73

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Totatlanika Schist
    Rock description Totatlanika Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.37236, 63.95515
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Thickness 0.91M

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

Comments on development

  • UNREPORTED UNTIL 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN VEIN SYSTEM 2-3 FT THICK WITHIN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY

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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