| Deposit ID | 10003213 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A016023 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Mt. Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Helen Fault |
| Related records | 10208837, 10208872 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -166.74229, 65.48345 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Brevig Mission Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Topaz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Black Mt. Stock;;; |
| Rock description | Black Mt. Stock;;; |
| (1) | -166.74229, 65.48345 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Core Of Normally-Faulted Domal Uplift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Helen Fault, N 20 Degrees E Striking High-Angle Normal Fault Forms Nw Border Of Stock |
| Strike | N 20 DEGREES E |
|---|---|
| Dip | NW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1963 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A016023 |
USGS PROF. PAPER 501-A, P. A5.
USGS PROF. PAPER 575-B, P. B21-B25.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 7, LOC. 43.
GSA BULLETIN, V. 94, NO. 6, P. 769-771.
BAG-MF-426-13
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
| Deposit | CASSITERITE AND WOLFRAMITE-BEARING TOPAZ-FLUORITE VEINS ALONG FAULT CONTROLLED GRANITE CONTACT; ADJACENT QUARTZ-TOPAZ GREISEN CONTAINING CASSITERITE, PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE AND GALENA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 20-SEP-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |
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