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Unnamed Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001248
MRDS ID A011967
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.87508, 67.41241 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ADGGS OFR 133B, PLATE 1, NO. 57 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Magnetite Unknown

Analytical data

Result 500 PPM ZN, MORE THAN 20% FE, GRAB SAMPLE, ADGGS OFR 133B, TABLE 2,NO. 57

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.87508, 67.41241
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TACTITE DEPOSIT ALONG CONTACT OF GRANITIC PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE, SPHALERITE AND PYRITE IN TACTITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 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.

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