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Unnamed (on upper Granite Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003532
MRDS ID A106290
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on upper Granite Creek)
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.9527, 62.29959 (WGS84)
Relative position On S valley wall of Roaring 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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna 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
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jgr
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Chalcopyrite in Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation near contact with felsite intrusive body.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Analysis of chalcopyrite-bearing sample of Talkeetna Formation yielded >1.0% Cu (Clautice and others, 1990).

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Clautice and others, 1990

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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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