Myers

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000968
MRDS ID A011639
Record type Site
Current site name Myers
Related records 10112434

Geographic coordinates

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).

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.39266, 61.41955

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Country rock is greenstone and silicified rhyolite of Jurassic to Permian age. A vertical zone about 3 ft wide contains disseminations and small masses of arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galena. In addition, a 2 inch wide calcite vein found within a zone of rusty gouge contains disseminated sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite (Landes, 1927).
  • Age = Jurassic or younger

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Anchorage

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface mapping and sampling.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Landes, 1927

General comments

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).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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