| Deposit ID | 10094090 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A016001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Potato Mountain Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims: Eureka, Daisy |
| Related records | 10184798 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -167.57093, 65.65315 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SUMMIT OF "LITTLE POTATO MT." |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)
Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | DEPOSIT CHARACTERIZED BY IRREGULAR SEGREGATIONS CONTAINING 1-10% SN WITHIN ZONES AVERAGING 0.25% SN OR LESS |
|---|---|
| Result | LARGEST SEGREGATION: 10-30 FT WIDE BY 300 FT LONG, SAMPLE SUP TO 12% SN, BUT AVG. GRADE EST. TO BE ABOUT 1% SN. |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| (1) | -167.57093, 65.65315 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Daisy Fault, Adit Fault; Major Nw Trending Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pervasive Faulting (Small Scale) And Jointing |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A016001 |
USGS BULLETIN 1786, (IN PRESS), LOC. SP2.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 5, LOCS. 17-19.
USGS BULLETIN 733, P. 88-94.
USBM RI 6587, P. 1, 7, 10-12, 57-62, 69-71.
USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 134-135.
ADGGS SR40, P. 36-37.
BAG-MF-426-02
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRREGULAR STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINING CLAY MINERALS, CASSITERITE, PYRITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE ASSOCIATED WITH SN- AND TOURMALINE-BEARING METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: RED FOX, (BUCK CR.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 20-SEP-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |
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