| Deposit ID | 10000756 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011396 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lemon Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper King |
| Geographic coordinates: | -142.82254, 62.19663 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nabesna A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Nabesna SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nabesna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve(National Preserve)
National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Molybdenite | Gangue |
| Powellite | Gangue |
| Tetrahedrite | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -142.82254, 62.19663 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Chisana |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011396 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NB044 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010707 |
VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND BLACK, R.F., 1944, MINERAL DEPOSITS AT ORANGE, HILL, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76, 1 SHEET, 16 P.
RICHTER, D.H., AND MATSON, N.A., 1970, GEOCHEMICAL DATA FROM THE NABESNA A-4 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 70-276, 14 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.
RICHTER, D.H., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE NABESNA A-1 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-789, SCALE 1:63,360.
RICHTER, D.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-655-K, SCALE 1:250,000.
USGS OFR 398, LOC. 2
BAG-MF-655K-23
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONSIDERED AS PART OF ORANGE HILL PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT. THIS LISTING CONTAINS DATA SPECIFIC TO CONTACT METASOMATIC DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUARTZ DIORITE AT ORANGE HILL. SEE ORANGE HILL DEPOSITS (NB043). |
| Deposit | DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE IN MAGNETITE-RICH SKARN AND VEINS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND SPHALERITE IN MAGNETITE BODIES AND CUTTING SKARN; SOME STRINGERS OF BORNITE AND MAGNETITE. SKARN DEVELOPED IN PERMIAN LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSIVE AND TO PORPHYRY CU-MO DEPOSIT AT ORANGE HILL. SKARN GRADES OUTWARD INTO HORNFELS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1985 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | ARDF AND MRDS MERGED RECORD |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1997 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 06-MAR-1998 | Mason, George | U.S. Geological Survey |
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