Grizzly Bear

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10001420
MRDS ID A012166
Record type Site
Current site name Grizzly Bear
Alternate or previous names Grizzly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.88387, 62.9885 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 mi (3.2 km) E of Lake 2695; 4 mi (6.4 km) NW of Watana Creek; location accurate to within 1/4 mi (400 m) (Csejtey and Miller, 1978, locs. 16 and 17).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna 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
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; iron oxide

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 78
USGS model code 20c
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Au
Mark3 model number 34
Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.88387, 62.9885

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sulfide-bearing felsic dike cuts Triassic metabasalt; also, low-grade, vein or disseminated sulfides occur in silicified, mafic metavolcanic rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Grab sample of limonitic metabasalt yielded 5.17% Cu, 0.4 ppm Au, 550 ppm W (Kurtak and others, 1992).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Csejtey and Miller, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Au or gold-quartz vein or polymetallic vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 20c, or 36a, or 22c?)
Deposit Model Number = 20c, or 36a, or 22c
Deposit Other Comments = Lode claims held in 1974.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. 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.