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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10000667
MRDS ID A011291
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.92872, 63.55985 (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

  • LOCATION E1, PLATE IV, MORRISON, 1964, M.S. THESIS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO VISIBLE SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED: 0.04 OZ AU PER TON, TRACE SILVER
Result MORRISON, 1964 M.S. THESIS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.92872, 63.55985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 74 N
    Thickness 1.22M

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, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF KANTISHNA AND VICINITY, KANTISHNA, AK; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF AK: COLLEGE, ALASKA, P. 100-101, PLATE IV SITE E1

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN CARRIES GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 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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