Unnamed (south head of Hardage Creek)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307561
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed (south head of Hardage Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-149.31781, 63.12359 (WGS84)
Relative position	This prospect is at an elevation of about 4,000 feet at the south head of Hardage Creek. The map site is 2.5 miles west northwest of VABM 5205 (Benbar), near the center of sec. 5, T. 21 S., R. 9 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. Location is accurate to within 1,500 feet. This is locality 34 of Cox and others (1989).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chulitna 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
Gold	Primary
Antimony Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Stibnite	Ore
Calcite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	180
USGS model code	27d
Deposit model name	Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-149.31781, 63.12359	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = The rocks in the area of this prospect are Lower Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic intensely deformed and locally highly metamorphosed argillite, conglomerate, and chert (Wilson and others, 1998). The metasedimentary rocks are cut by auriferous quartz-stibnite veins.
Age = Early Cretaceous or younger.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Valdez Creek

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	HE138

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Cox, D.P., Light, T.D., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Campbell, D.L., 1989, Mineral resource assessment map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2058-A, scale 1:250,000.
Deposit

Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Cox and others, 1989

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Simple Sb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	07-APR-00	N. Van Wyck	Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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