Glacier Lake Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096777
MRDS ID A011795
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Lake Prospect
Related records 10185779

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.66356, 63.35244 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: ADGGS GR 14, FIG. 4, LOC. 2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM DISSEMINATED ORE IN PERIDOTITE DIKES: 1.9-6.0% CU, 1.0-1.5% NI, TRACE TO 0.4 OZ/TON AU
Result MASSIVE SULFIDELENS: 1.1% CU, 6.6% NI, 0.04 OZ/TON AU
Result 3 FT CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS CONTACT OF PERIDOTITE DIKE IN DIORITE: 2.1% CU, 0.05% NI, TRACE AU, 0.35 OZ/TON AG
Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 8.1% NI
Result ADGGS GR2, P. 72, ADGGS GR 14, P. 25

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.66356, 63.35244

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE DIKES OCCUR IN NARROW SHEAR ZONE IN SILICIFIED DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delta River

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1962 BY R.B. FORBES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA; ACTIVE CLAIMS REPORTED IN 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE SULFIDE LENSES AND DISSEMINATIONS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN PERIDOTITE DIKES AND DIORITE; LENSES COMPOSED OF 20-50% PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND PENTLANDITE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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