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Silver Pick

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185812
MRDS ID A011250
MAS/MILS ID 0020660093
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Pick
Related records 10000635

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -150.94229, 63.54347 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Location accuracy 100(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 016 S 018 W 12 SENESW Alaska

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -150.94229, 63.54347
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 61N
    Width 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35E:61N
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kantishna Mines, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings consist of extensive trenching.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 066-015

  • Deposit

    MR193-3 22 pp.

  • Deposit

    B687 116 pp.

  • Deposit

    B849F pp. 335-348

  • Deposit

    MR66-0 pp. 1-29

  • Deposit

    B836e pp. 301-339

  • Deposit

    BMOF129-84 p. 133 (Locality #32)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Mpm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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