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Polly Wonder Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093972
MRDS ID A011246
Record type Site
Current site name Polly Wonder Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dalton Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.95567, 63.54124 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ONE OF QUIGLEY HILL CLAIMS; APPROXIMATED FROM SKETCH MAP IN USGS BULL 849-F, PKITE 29 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS LISTED FROM 3 SITES, ALL MAY NOT OCCUR AT THIS SITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.12 OZ AU AND 2.20 OZ AG PER TON, USGS BULL 849-F, P. 364

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.95567, 63.54124
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike APPROXIMATELY E
    Dip 65 TO 70 S
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CUTS BIRCH CREEK ROCKS; SITE IS ON GENERAL RED TOP VEIN TREND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SIDERITE VEIN
Deposit SEE ALSO: MARTHA Q, LITTLE MAUDE, FRANCIS, LITTLE ANNIE RELATED: NORTH STAR (QUIGLEY HILL); RESERVE INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 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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