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Bowser Creek Cu-Zn-Au Occurance

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002597
MRDS ID A015034
Record type Site
Current site name Bowser Creek Cu-Zn-Au Occurance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.71949, 62.19531 (WGS84)
Relative position 23 MILES SOUTH OF FAREWELL, AK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrath A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-379. HEAD OF BOWSER CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CU: 500-30,000 PPM., ZN: 500-100,000 PPM., AU: TRACE-.1 PPM, SEE REF. 2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.71949, 62.19531
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40-60 DEGREES W
    Dip STEEP
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Fill Nw Trening Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Reed And Elliott

Mining district

District name Mcgrath

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-379 (A-2), LOC. 11.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 559, P. 7-8, 16-17.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 569, P. 2-4.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-379-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS LESS THAN 2 FT. IN WIDTH CONSIST OF PYRRHOTITE WITH MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE AND TRACE GOLD.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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