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Unnamed (north end of Greenstone Ridge)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308786
MRDS ID A013383
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (north end of Greenstone Ridge)
Related records 10002454

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.19279, 60.48931 (WGS84)
Relative position This lode prospect is on the north end of Greenstone Ridge, about 3/4 mile southwest of Golden Gate Falls on the Kisaralik River. It is approximately located, perhaps within 1/2 mile. It is locality 1 of Cobb (1972 [MF 455]) and of Hoare and Cobb (1977).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Bethel SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.19279, 60.48931
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hoare and Coonrad (1959) reported traces of copper minerals in a fault zone in green amphibole schist derived from Jurassic mafic volcanic rocks. It appears that this site is along or near the high-angle reverse fault mapped along the west side of Greenstone Ridge (Box and others, 1993). Hoare and Cobb (1977, p. 16) note that this occurrence may also have been referred to in the literature under the names Golden Butte Mines, Inc., Rigagalik River, and Royal Quartz Mines. The Golden Butte Mines occurrence is reported to be quartz veins carrying some gold that were traceable for several hundred feet (Smith, 1932, B 824, p. 22). The Royal Quartz occurrence was reported to be in slate intruded by grainitic rocks, and to consist of shear zones with quartz veins that contained Sb, Au, and Ag (Brooks, 1912, p. 35). Geologically, neither the Royal Quartz or the Golden Butte Mines occurrences appears to be the same one as at this locality; they apparently were not located by Cobb (1972 [MF 455]) or Hoare and Cobb (1977). The Rigagalik River occurrence in the upper part of the Kisaralik River is described in a separate record (BH021).
  • Age = Not known; postdates host Jurassic volcanic rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Limited surface observations appear to be the extent of activity at this locality.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1912, The Alaska mining industry in 1911, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1911: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520, p. 17-44.

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1932, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1929, in Smith, P.S., and others, Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1929: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824, p. 83-109.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

  • Deposit

    Box, S.E, Moll-Stalcup, E.J., Frost, T.P., and Murphy, J.M., 1993, Preliminary geologic map of the Bethel and southern Russian Mission quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2226-A, 20 p., scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-455, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1959, Geologic map of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-285, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Copper-bearing minerals in fault zone.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAR-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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