Windy Creek Occurrences

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000070
MRDS ID A011360
Record type District
Current site name Windy Creek Occurrences

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.30445, 63.10853 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position LOCATION GIVEN IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF AN AREA ABOUT 10 MI LONG BY 2.5 MI WIDE CONTAINING SEVERAL WIDELY DISPERSED CU OCCURRENCES OF SIMILAR MINERALOGY AND LIMITED AREAL EXTENT; SEE GENERAL COMMENTS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991)., WITHIN 1 MI RADIUS

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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna 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
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.30445, 63.10853

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1961: JUNEAU, AK, P.38

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS GR 4, P. 5-6, LOC. 2-7

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GR 60, P.67, LOC.23-33

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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