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Healy River Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002670
MRDS ID A015111
Record type Site
Current site name Healy River Occurrence
Related records 10136217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.97082, 64.24639 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Within 4,000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 6. DEPOSIT ON DIVIDE BETWEEN THE SOUTH FORK OF THE GOODPASTER RIVER AND THE HEALY RIVER ABOVE TREELINE ABOUT EL. 5200 FT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.2% MOLYBDENUM, BUT AVERAGE TENOR IS MUCH LOWER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.97082, 64.24639
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodpaster

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TRACED BY SHALLOW EXCAVATIONS AND FLOAT FOR 3 CLAIM LENGTHS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN IN GRANITE CONTAINS SPARINGLY SCATTERED AND EVENLY DISTRIBUTED BUNCHES OF MOLYBDENITE
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-APR-87 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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