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Unnamed (head of middle fork Bond Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000764
MRDS ID A011405
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (head of middle fork Bond Creek)
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.62142, 62.17108 (WGS84)
Relative position Best location: Richter, 1973, USGS I-789, loc. 15. Accurate within 100 ft radius

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.62142, 62.17108
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Brecciated and altered volcanic rocks of the upper Paleozoic Tetelna Volcanics cemented by quartz, pyrite and chalcopyrite. Volcanic rocks intruded by small Tertiary porphyry stock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chisana

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Richter, 1973, USGS I-789

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode: breccia pipe?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 Leonard, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 Elliott, R.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 Richter, D.H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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