| Deposit ID | 10308493 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hillside |
| Geographic coordinates: | -154.12895, 63.4395 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The Hillside lead occurrence is on a south-facing slope at 1,800 feet (549 m) in elevation near the West Fork of Beaver Creek; it is about 2,500 feet (760 m) southwest of the Beaver prospect in Section 6, T. 24 S., R. 25 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is known within about 250 feet (76 m). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Medfra B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Medfra S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Medfra C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Fork Kuskokwim River(hydrologic unit)
Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Model code | 227 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 32a |
| Deposit model name | Mississippi valley, without Missouri |
| Mark3 model number | 109 |
| Model code | 226 |
| USGS model code | 32a |
| Deposit model name | Mississippi Valley, updated |
| Mark3 model number | 108 |
| Model code | 224 |
| USGS model code | 32a |
| Deposit model name | Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn |
| Mark3 model number | 42 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | |||||
| |||||
| (1) | -154.12895, 63.4395 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | McGrath |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MD049 |
Patton, W.W., Jr., Moll, E.J., Dutro, J.T., Jr., Silberman, M.L., and Chapman, R.M., 1980, Preliminary geologic map of Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-A, 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.
Blodgett, R.B., 1982, Stratigraphy of Reef Ridge project area: WGM Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, Reef Ridge Project area, Block 10, Doyon region: 34 pages.
Dutro, T.T. Jr., and Patton,W.W. Jr., 1982, New Paleozoic Formations in the northern Kuskokwim Mountains, west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1529-H, p. H13-H22.
Anderson, G.M., and Macqueen, R.W., 1988, Mississippi Valley Type lead-zinc deposits, in Roberts, R.G., and Sheahan, P.A., eds., Ore deposit models: Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 3, Ottawa, Canada, p. 79-90.
Schmidt, J.M., 1997, Shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag and barite deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, 1997: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 35-65.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 32a) or Mississippi Valley Type |
| Deposit | Other Comments = See Beaver (MD048), Big Gate (MD050), and Bermuda (MD045) Mississippi Valley Type showings. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-JUN-98 | Bundtzen, T.K. (Pacific Rim Geological Consulting) | Pacific Rim Geological Consulting |
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