Main commodities | Cu |
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Ore minerals | chalcopyrite |
Gangue minerals | quartz |
Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | BM |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | A-6 |
Latitude | 67.18 |
Longitude | -161.91 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This occurrence is about one mile north of the headwaters area of Shiliak Creek. It is in sections 25 and 36, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Grybeck (1977), location 6 and Schmidt and Allegro (1988), location 182. |
Geologic descriptionTwo quartz veins containing chalcopyrite crosscut lower to mid-Paleozoic, pyritiferous schist and phyllite (Schmidt and Allegro, 1988). | |
Geologic map unit | (-161.912835764175, 67.1793519873727) |
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Mineral deposit model | Chalcopyrite in quartz vein. |
Age of mineralization | Devonian? |
Workings or exploration | The site has been visited by the U.S. Geological Survey (Schmidt and Allegro, 1988). |
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Indication of production | None |
MRDS Number | A015617 |
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References | |
Reporters | Anita Williams (Anchorage, AK) |
Last report date | 12/29/1999 |