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Bond Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093966
MRDS ID A010705
Record type Site
Current site name Bond Creek
Related records 10282788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.70837, 62.19969 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nabesna A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • RICHTER, 1973, I-789 LOC. 3. 4 MI. E. OF ORANGE HILL DEPOSIT. ACCURATE WITHIN 200 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Central Altered Zone (About 600 X 2000 M) Contains Abundant Chlorite, Minor Biotite And K-Feldspar, Spotty Sericite. Outer Zones (About 2000 X 3000 M) Contain Minor Chlorite, Epidote, And Anhydrite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Nikola;
    Rock description Nikola;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Nabesna Pluton;Nabesna Pluton;
    Rock description Nabesna Pluton;Nabesna Pluton;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.70837, 62.19969
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chisana

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 226000mt ore
    Remarks Entry carried over from Old MRDS or added later (i.e. it did not originate in ARDF)
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 500 MILLION TONNES OF 0.30% CU AND 0.02% MO (USGS MF-655K).

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHTER, D.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-655-K, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    COBB, E.H., AND RICHTER, D.H., 1980, SUMMARIES OF DATA ON AND LIST OF REFERENCES TO METALLIC AND SELECTED NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-927, 117 P.

  • Deposit

    RICHTER, D.H., AND MATSON, N.A., 1970, GEOCHEMICAL DATA FROM THE NABESNA A-4 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 70-276, 14 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    RICHTER, D.H., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE NABESNA A-1 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-789, SCALE 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.F., ANZALONE, S.A., AND RICHTER, D.H., 1975, PORPHYRY COPPER BELTS OF SOUTHERN ALASKA AND CONTIGUOUS YUKON TERRITORY: CIM BULLETIN (CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULLETIN), V. 68, NO. 756, P. 104-112.

  • Reserve-Resource

    USGS MF-655K

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT KNOWN IN THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE. SEE ALSO: ORANGE HILL DEPOSIT (NB043).
Deposit PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND MINOR MOLYBDENITE IN QUARTZ VEINLETS AND AS DISSEMINATIONS IN HIGHLY ALTERED PERMIAN VOLCANIC ROCKS ADJACENT TO CRETACEOUS GRANODIORITE/QUARTZ MONZONITE/QUARTZ DIORITE PLUTON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey ARDF AND MRDS MERGED RECORD
Updater 01-JAN-1997 Elliott, R. L. (Nokleberg, Warren J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 06-MAR-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

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