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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001139
MRDS ID A011832
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Related records 10210003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.20275, 61.7695 (WGS84)
Relative position The occurrence is located near the toe of a hanging glacier on the ridge between the Hayes and Trimble Glaciers at the northwest corner of Section 4, T. 19 N., R. 16 W. The location of this occurrence is approximated within a one mile radius from U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998 (MAS # 0020840003) and U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973 (locality 44).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tyonek D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tyonek NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyonek(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.20275, 61.7695
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = No published descriptive information is available. Given the proximity to the Miss Molly prospect, ARDF TY0013, mineralization could be of similar style and tenor.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface prospecting.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998, Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), Talkeetna Quadrangle: Worldwide Web URL http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Mo-bearing veins and disseminations?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1998 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates
Reporter 01-JUN-1998 James Riehle U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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