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Jim Lake

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10009648
MRDS ID D002737
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.89265, 61.54956 (WGS84)
Relative position Occurrence is 4,300 ft east of the southern end of Jim Lake. Accurate within 2,000 ft. Locality 80 of Jasper (1967) and locality 93 of Cobb (1972).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Matanuska(hydrologic unit)

Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.89265, 61.54956
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Jasper (1967) reports a stream sediment sample taken from a stream flowing in Quaternary surficial deposits. Pan concentrates consist of less than 5 percent magnetite, less than 5 percent zircon, about 1 percent pyrite, 2 grains of scheelite, and 1 grain of ilmenite. The creek float consists of granite, greenstone, dike, graywacke, slate and argillite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Anchorage

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Pan concentrates consist of less than 5 percent magnetite, less than 5 percent zircon, about 1 percent pyrite, 2 grains of scheelite, and 1 grain of ilmenite (Jasper, 1967).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jasper, 1967

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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