| Deposit ID | 10000854 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011507 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Henry Prather Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Hubbard and Elliott Claims |
| Related records | 10258511 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -144.10559, 61.64965 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | DIRECTLY ABOVE TUNNEL ON GOODYEAR CLAIM, LESS THAN 100 FT AWAY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Valdez C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)
Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Nikolai Greenstone | ||||
| Rock description | Nikolai Greenstone | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| (1) | -144.10559, 61.64965 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Near Axis Of Elliot Cr. Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N Trending Fault With 60 W Dip Cut By Two Parallel Faults Striking N 40 E, Dipping 25 To 30 W |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011507 |
USGS PP 15, P. 16-19, 26
USGS BULL 745, P. 115-118, 120-121
USGS BULL 1246, P. 43
USGS MF-438, LOC. 65
USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 55
USGS BULL 374, P. 64, 68-69
BAG-OFR-80-892B-55
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LENTICULAR, FAULT BOUNDED ORE BODY 30 FT LONG AND 5 FT WIDE CONTAINS IMPREGNATIONS OF COPPER SULPHIDES AND IS CUT BY 8 TO 12 IN FAULTED CALCITE VEIN CARRYING CHALCOPYRITE AND BORNITE; PROBABLY FAULTED-OUT SECTION OF GOODYEAR VEIN |
| Deposit | SEE GOODYEAR PROSPECT; A TUNNEL ON THE ADJACENT CURTIS CLAIM, JUST W OF GOODYEAR AND HENRY PRATHER, ENCOUNTERED TWO MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN GREENSTONE WHICH WERE REPORTED TO SHOW AU AND AG IN ASSAY; VERY LITTLE DATA EXISTS ON POSSIBLE AU-AG MINERALIZATION IN ELLIOTT CR. AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-85 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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