Unnamed (head of Ocher Creek)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10094025
MRDS ID A012177
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (head of Ocher Creek)
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.61384, 62.50265 (WGS84)
Relative position Extreme southern boundary of SE 1/4 of Talkeetna Mountains C-4 quadrangle; 1 mi (1.6 km) SW of BM 'Jaina'; 4 mi (6.4 km) E of Talkeetna River; location accurate to within 1/4 mi (400 m) radius (Csejtey and Miller, 1978, loc. 48).

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 C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Talkeetna Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Talkeetna 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
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.61384, 62.50265

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Cu-minerals and associated sulfides in mafic metavolcanic rocks of Paleozoic age. Several occurrences of vein or disseminated Cu in metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks occur in vicinity.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: Surface.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Csejtey and MIller, 1978

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.