Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10001257
MRDS ID A011976
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.92006, 67.3163 (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, PLATE1, NO. 218 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
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 218: 20% FE, 100 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 10,000 PPM PB, MORE THAN 10,000 PPM ZN (40,000 PPM ZN BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION), SEMIQUANT. SPEC. DATA
Result SAMPLE 220: 7% FE, 20 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 1500 PPM PB, 500 PPM ZN (100 PPM ZN BY AA), SEMIQUANT. SPEC DATA, COMPOSITE SAMPLE
Result ADGGS OFR 133B, TABLE 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.92006, 67.3163

Economic information

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 METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS LOCALLY CONTAIN 10-20% DISSEMINATED PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, SPHALERITE AND GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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