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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090190
MRDS ID A011995
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.47837, 67.4441 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ADGGS OFR 133 B, PLATE 1, NO. 478 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 103,000 PPM ZN, 200 PPM PB, GRAB SAMPLE, ADGGS OFR 133 B, TABLE 2, NO. 478

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.47837, 67.4441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS COARSE-GRAINED DOLOMITE LAYER IN GRAY MARBLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPHALERITE AND PYRITE IN REPLACED LAYERS OR VEINS UP TO 8 CM THICKIN DOLOMITE LAYER IN MARBLE UNIT; ANOMALOUS PB DETECTED IN ANALYSIS
Deposit SEE ALSO: DEPOSIT NO. 470 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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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