Main commodities | Cu |
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Other commodities | Ag; As; Sb |
Ore minerals | iron oxide |
Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | ID |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-2 |
Latitude | 62.41632 |
Longitude | -157.00984 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This occurrence is at an elevation of about 2,300 feet, about 0.6 mile east of the Bismarck Creek prospect (ID130). It is about 0.6 mile south-southeast of hill 2475 and near the center of section 23, T. 27 N., R. 42 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate. |
Geologic descriptionThis occurrence is a gossan of unknown size and orientation. Any original sulfides have been completely oxidized. The gossan is at the edge of a large area of hornfels derived from the Upper Cretaceous, Kuskokwim Group (Miller and Bundtzen, 1994; Bundtzen and Miller, 1997; Miller, Bundtzen, and Gray, 2005). One grab sample of gossan from the occurrence contained 500 parts per million (ppm) copper, 140 ppm antimony, 500 ppb silver, and 20 ppm arsenic (McGimsey and others, 1988). | |
Geologic map unit | (-157.012229947521, 62.4156366171173) |
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Alteration of deposit | Pervasive oxidation. |
Workings or exploration | Samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in the 1980s (McGimsey and others, 1988). |
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Indication of production | None |
ReferencesBundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 242-286.
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Reporters | T.K. Bundtzen (Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, Inc.), M.L. Miller (U.S. Geological Survey); and C.C. Hawley (Hawley Resource Group) |
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Last report date | 5/23/2003 |