| Deposit ID | 10002111 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kasna Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Barnes, Gilt Edge |
| Geographic coordinates: | -154.05348, 60.16026 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lake and Peninsula(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Clark A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Lake Clark SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lake Clark C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lake Clark(hydrologic unit)
Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lake Clark National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -154.05348, 60.16026 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Discoverer | Charles Brooks, C. Vonhardenberg Usgs B 485 P. 121 (1912) |
| District name | Bristol Bay |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013001 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LC044 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010656 |
Martin, G.C., and Katz, F.J., 1910, Outline of geology and mineral resources of the Iliamna and Clark lakes region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442, 426 p.
Martin, G.C., and Katz, F.J., 1912, A geological reconnaissance of the Iliamna region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 485, 138 p.
Brooks, A.H., 1913, Mineral Resources of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, 308 p.
Brooks, A.H., 1914, Mineral Resources of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592, 413 p.
Smith, P.S., 1917, The Lake Clark-central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 655, 162 p.
Capps, S.R., 1935, The southern Alaska Range: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 862, 101 p.
Bain, H.F., 1946, Alaska's minerals as a basis for industry: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7379, 89 p.
Warfield, R.S., and Rutledge, F.A., 1951, Investigations of Kasna Creek copper prospect, Lake Kontrashibuna, Lake Clark region, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4828, 10 p.
Berg H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reed, B.L., 1967, Results of stream sediment sampling and bedrock analyses in the eastern part of the Iliamna quadrangle, and at Kasna Creek, Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 272, 18 p.
Reed, B.L., and Lanphere, M.A., 1972, Generalized geologic map of the Alaska-Aleutian range batholith showing potassium-argon ages of the plutonic rocks: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-372, 2 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-378, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Detterman, R.L., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Stratigraphy, structure, and economic geology of the Iliamna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1368-B, 86 p.
Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska - Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343A, 25 p.
Nelson, W.H., King, H.D., Case, J.E., Tripp, R.B., Crim, W.D., and Cooley, E.F., 1985, Mineral resource map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1114-B, scale 1:250,000.
Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.
Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, A.H., and Henning, M.W., 1997, Alaska's mineral industry 1996: Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 51, 68 p.
Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Dawson, K.M., Eremin, R.A., Goryachev, N.A., Koch, R.D., Ratkin, V.V, Rozenblum, I.S., Shpikerman, V.I., Frolov, Y.F., Gorodinsky, M.E., Melnikov, V.D., Diggles, M.F., Ognyanov, N.V., Petrachenko, E.D., Petrochenko, R.I., Pozdeev, A.I., Ross, K.V., Wood, D.H., Grybeck, D., Khanchuck, A.I., Kovbas, L.I., Nekrasov, I.Y., and Sidorov, A.A., 1997, References for significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode mineral deposits and placer districts, and for metallogenesis of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-513-B, 385 p.
BAG-MF-1114B-31
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Nelson, W.H., King, H.D., Case, J.E., Tripp, R.B., Crim, W.D., and Cooley, E.F., 1985, Mineral resource map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1114-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485, 101 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-378, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AND BIOTITE OF ABOUT 61 M.Y. (REED AND LANPHERE, 1972; 1973) |
| Deposit | CLAIMS CURRENTLY INACTIVE, BUT DIAMOND DRILLING BETWEEN 1965 AND 1970 HAS PROVED THE PRESENCE OF COPPER AND IRON IN SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES (DETTERMAN AND REED, 1980). SITE IS IN LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE. |
| Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
| Deposit | THE PROSPECT OCCURS IN LENTICULAR CONTACT-METAMORPHOSED UPPER TRIASSIC LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE. IT CONSISTS OF BEDDING PARALLEL BANDS OF SKARN CONTAINING SPECULAR HEMATITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND LESSER MAGNETITE VEINLETS IN AMPHIBOLE-CHLORITE-CALCITE-QUARTZ GANGUE. TUFFS, MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS, AND AGGLOMERATE OCCUR WITHIN THE LIMESTONE. CAPPS (1935) REPORTED STRINGERS OF SOLID CHALCOPYRITE SEVERAL INCHES THICK. THE PROSPECT CONSISTS OF TWO ORE BODIES: GILT EDGE, 320 M X 76 M, TO THE NORTH; AND BARNES, 408 M X 12 M, TO THE SOUTH. THE LIMESTONE AND INCLUDED LODES STRIKE NE AND DIP NW (BERG AND COBB, 1967). NUMEROUS TRENCHES WERE DUG AND SAMPLED BY USBM IN BOTH ORE BODIES FOR ASSAY ANALYSIS. ORE BODIES AVERAGE 0.95 PRECENT CU, 27.5 PERCENT FE, AND 30.1 PERCENT SIO2 (WARFIELD AND RUTLEDGE, 1951). A TERTIARY, MEDIUM- TO FINE-GRAINED HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE QUARTZ MONZODIORITE IS NEARBY (NELSON AND OTHERS, 1983; UNIT TI2). THE PLUTON YIELDS CONCORDANT POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES FOR HORNBLENDE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 02-SEP-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1998 | Miller, M.L. (Bickerstaff, Damon P.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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