Unnamed (near Winter Creek)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307717
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed (near Winter Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-148.62503, 65.41966 (WGS84)
Relative position	This prospect was drilled at several locations south of the confluence of Livengood Creek and the Tolovana River, south of Shorty Creek, near Winter Creek; sec. 20, T. 7 N., R. 5 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary
Molybdenum	Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	79
USGS model code	21a
Deposit model name	Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number	2

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-148.62503, 65.41966	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = This copper-molybdenum prospect was discovered in 1972 and was drilled at several locations (Eakins, 1974, p. 2). The geologic setting is Cretaceous clastic rocks intruded by felsic dikes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = This prospect was drilled at several locations in 1972, however there was no activity in the following years (Eberlein and others, 1977).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	LG032

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Eakins, G.R., 1974, Preliminary investigations, Livengood mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 40, 18 p.
Deposit

Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Eakins, 1974

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Mo ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21a).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	04-MAY-99	C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer	Avalon Development 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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