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Browns Fork

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307765
Record type Site
Current site name Browns Fork

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.70299, 63.87952 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is situated at the uppermost drainage of Browns Fork at an elevation of 2,000 feet (609 m) in Section 11, T. 19 S., R. 26 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is poorly known and judged to within a two mile (3.2 km) radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medfra D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medfra(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.70299, 63.87952
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Browns Fork occurrence(s) is a series of several poorly understood, copper-zinc anomalies in limestone of the Ordovician Novi Mountain formation (Dutro and Patton, 1982). No assay data is available.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This record

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUN-98 Bundtzen, T.K. Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

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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