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Monte Cristo Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000795
MRDS ID A011440
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Creek
Alternate or previous names Marie Nabesna
Related records 10136857

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.00144, 62.2133 (WGS84)
Relative position Best location: Richter, 1973, USGS I-789, loc.1. 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-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna(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
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Chisana Formation;Monte Cristo Diorite
    Rock description Chisana Formation;Monte Cristo Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.00144, 62.2133
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Disseminated molybdenite and quartz-pyrite-molybdenite veins in hydrothermally altered Chisana Formation volcanic rocks of Cretaceous age near Cretaceous granodiorite pluton.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode: porphyry, stockwork
Deposit Other Comments = See also: Orange Hill, Bond Creek.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-1997 Leonard, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-FEB-1997 Elliott, R.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-FEB-1997 Richter, D.H. U.S. Geological Survey

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