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Wheeler Prospect

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097518
MRDS ID A012668
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sherette Cr.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.65053, 64.92431 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BRISKEY, J.A., 1983, UNPUB. ADMIN. REPORT (USGS), FIG. 10, LOC. SPB-2-82; NOTE: LOCATION GIVEN FOR THIS SITE IN ADGGS GC 18, FIG. 2, IS ABOUT 1/2 MILE SE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY RETURNS ON ORE SHIPPED TO TACOMA SMELTER: 8 TONS OF MALACHITE-RICH SURFACE ORE TAKEN ABOVE 20 FT IN SHAFT CONTAINED NO AU, 0.33 OZ/TON AG, 35.68% CU, 7.60% FE AND 15.40% SILICA
Result 2.5 TONS OF SCHIST ORE TAKEN BELOW 25 FT DEPTH ASSAYED 1.82 OZ/TON AU, 5.16 OZ/TON AG, AND 17.18% CU
Result USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 214.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.65053, 64.92431
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Drag Folds Indicate E Transport Of Upper Thrust Plate

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 DEGREES W
    Dip 35 DEGREES SW
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS MAPPED AS MIXED UNIT OF MARBLE AND SCHIST, CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN IN AGE, USGS OFR 86-276. MARMARIZED LIMESTONE WITH THIN BANDS OF CHLORITIC SCHIST; THRUST OVER SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kougarok

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • 24.5 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1920.

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT (60 M) ADIT, 90 FT (27 M) SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SURFACE PITS; NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 1920; FIRST 25 FT OF SHAFT WAS IN MARBLE, BELOW 25 FT IN SCHIST, LAST 5 FT IN MARBLE.

Comments on development

  • MINED SOMETIME BEFORE 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 345, P. 242-243.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 212, 214-215.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 118.

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GC 18, P. 6-7, FIG. 2, NO. 1.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 1678, P. 1, 9.

  • Deposit

    UFGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 24, LOC. 305.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    BRISKEY, J.A., 1983, PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF SOME BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS IN THE BENDELEBEN AND SOLOMON AMRAP QUADRANGLES, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA: UNPUB. USGS ADMIN. REPORT, P. 20-21, P. 44, FIG. 10, NO. SPB-2-82.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-445-06

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, AND PYRITE HEAVILY OXIDIZED TO MALACHITE, LIMONITE, AND AZURITE IN 5 FT THICK SILICIFIED ZONE IN CARBONATE UNIT OF THE BASE OF A TRHUST PLATE OVERRIDING SCHIST; ORE ZONE CONFORMABLE WITH ISOCLINALLY FOLDED BEDDING; MALACHITE AND LIMONITE-RICH SEAMS ARE 2-3 IN WIDE, QUARTZ VEINLETS COMMON; SILICIFICATION SELECTIVELY FOLLOWED VERTICAL JOINT SYSTEM TRENDING N 65 DEGREES E; THIN BANDS OF CHLORITIC SCHIST IN MARMARIZED LIMESTONE WERE PREFERENTIALLY REPLACED.
Deposit SEE ALSO: DEP. NO. 6A. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-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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