| Deposit ID | 10000862 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011515 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cave Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -144.07059, 61.67159 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
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 |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | NO DATA |
|---|
| 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 |
| Rock unit name | Chitistone Limestone |
| Rock description | Chitistone Limestone |
| (1) | -144.07059, 61.67159 |
|---|
| Strike | N 14 W} |
|---|---|
| Dip | 7 W} |
| Width | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 67.97M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011515 |
USGS BULL 745, P. 102-103
USGS BULL 947-G, P. 129-130
USGS MF-438, LOC. 70
USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 57
BAG-OFR-80-892B-57
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: MULLEN, AMMANN, PEACOCK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE IN GREENSTONE 2 TO 12 IN WIDE MINERALIZED WITH QUARTZ, MALACHITE, BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITE; DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE IN GREENSTONE; OTHER BARREN SHEAR ZONES NEARBY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 14-APR-1995 | Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) | U.S. Geological Survey | PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY AND WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD |
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