1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001109
MRDS ID A011796
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.69967, 63.34799 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: ADGGS GR 2, PLATE 5, LOC. 1 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU NOT DETECTED MEGASCOPICALLY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.6-1.7% CU, 2.0-2.1% PB, TRACE AU, 2.4 OZ/TON AG, ADGGS GR2, P. 70

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.69967, 63.34799
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Common Strike Of Quartz Veins In Area Parallel A Major Fault-Joint Set

Ore body information

  • Strike 355
    Dip 45 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS AND DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES OCCUR ALONG RAINBOW RIDGE, NONE OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE; BEDROCK IS PALEOZOIC METASEDIMENTARY ROCK INTRUDED BY ULTRAMAFICS, GRANODIORITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delta River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL 2 TO 3 IN QUARTZ VEINS IN SMALL SWARM
Deposit SEE ALSO: UNNAMED OCCURRENCES 16B, 18B, 19B, 20B, 21B, 23B, 25B, 26B ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.