| Deposit ID | 10000980 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011652 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eagle River |
| Alternate or previous names | Mayflower |
| Related records | 10282417 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -149.09262, 61.12955 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Prospect located near the south bank of Eagle River, 4,500 ft west-northwest of the terminus of Eagle Glacier. Accurate within 2,000 ft. Locality 7 on plate 33 of Park (1933), locality 51 of Cobb (1972), and locality 40 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 A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Anchorage SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Anchorage(hydrologic unit)
Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Chugach State Park(State Park)
State Park ST(Type of land area)
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Silver | Ore |
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Model code | 274 |
| USGS model code | 36a.1 |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type |
| Mark3 model number | 26 |
| Model code | 85 |
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| (1) | -149.09262, 61.12955 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Anchorage |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011652 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | AN113 |
Martin G.C., Johnson, B.L., and Grant, U.S., 1915, Geology and mineral resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 587, 243 p.
Park, F.C., 1933, The Girdwood District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-G, p. 381-424.
Smith, P.S., 1938, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1936: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-A, p. 1-107.
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., 1972, Reconnaissance bedrock geologic map of the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 350, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Clark, S.H.B., and Yount, M.E., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream-sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage A-6 Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 351, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
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.
Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Capps, S.R., 1916, Gold mining in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 642-G, p. 147-194, 195-200.
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.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a ? ) or Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz vein ? (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1 ?) or Polymetallic veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c ?) |
| Deposit | Model Number = 36a, 36a.1, 22c |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Property originally known as the Mayflower lode (Park, 1933). |
| 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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