Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10000665
MRDS ID A011289
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.89928, 63.57013 (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

  • PLOTTED FROM USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.1-1(A), MAP SITE NO. 151. 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 Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD MINERAL SHOWS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result NO DATA ON PROBABLE SILVER CONTENT

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.89928, 63.57013

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 40 E TO N 60 E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY THE UPPER EXTENSION OF BOSART VEIN; LARGELY UNEXPLORED

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

    ADGGS OFR 98, P. 33 LOC. 35

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 24-78, FIG 4.1-1(A), SITE NO. 151

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ CARBONATE VEIN 1 TO 4 FT THICK
Deposit SEE ALSO: BOSART ; 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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.