| Deposit ID | 10000968 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011639 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Myers |
| Related records | 10112434 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -149.39266, 61.41955 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Located on northwestern slope (1,500 ft elevation) of Mount Eklutna, 3,500 ft southeast of Mirror Lake. Accurate within 1,000 ft. Labeled as 'Lead-zinc prospect' by Clark and Bartsch (1967), locality 38 of Cobb (1972), and locality 28 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Anchorage(Municipality)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Anchorage B-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Anchorage SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Matanuska(hydrologic unit)
Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| (1) | -149.39266, 61.41955 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Anchorage |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011639 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | AN098 |
Landes, K.K., 1927, Geology of the Knik-Matanuska District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 792-B, p. 51-72.
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Clark, S.H.B., and Bartsch, S.R., 1971, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage B-7 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 484, 70 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:36,360
Clark, S.H.B., 1972, The Wolverine complex, a newly discovered layered ultramafic body in the western Chugach Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 522, 10 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Kuroko massive sulfide ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a ?) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Not enough base metal mineralization exposed to encourage development work (Landes, 1927). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-JUL-1998 | D.P. Bickerstaff | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 30-JUL-1998 | S.W. Huss | U.S. Geological Survey |
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