Talkeetna

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron
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 10003521
MRDS ID A106279
Record type Site
Current site name Talkeetna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.02273, 62.35957 (WGS84)
Relative position At head of Prospect Creek, a tributary of the East Fork of Iron Creek; location accurate to within 1/2 mi (800 m)

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 B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Talkeetna 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
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron oxide (gossan)

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) TKgd

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Replacement lodes in shear zones and disseminations in adjacent meta-volcanic wallrock. Conspicuous gossan with copper carbonates.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Minor gold reported in analyses of float samples from the site (Csejtey and Miller, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1919

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins or gold-quartz veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c or 36a?)
Deposit Other Comments = Near to, if not same as, site reported in Cobb and Csejtey (1980) - (which is the description reported here).

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.