Unnamed (on ridge west of Nizina River) (ARDF #MC135) Cu

Unnamed (on ridge west of Nizina River)

Prospect, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities	Cu

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale	MC
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale	B-5
Latitude	61.4717
Longitude	-142.6491
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy	This prospect is on the ridge crest between the head of Nikolai Creek and the Nizina River. It is at an elevation of about 5,700 feet, 7,000 feet north of elevation 5720 in the SW1/4 of section 35, T. 4 S., R. 15 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 76 of MacKevett (1976); the location is approximate, perhaps within a half mile.

Geologic setting

Geologic description MacKevett (1976) identifies this locality as a prospect where diamond drilling tested subsurface geophysical anomalies in the early 1960s. The targets were copper deposits like those in the Kennecott mine area (MC093 for example).
Geologic map unit	(-142.651173828605, 61.4712664400916)

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration	Some diamond drilling in the 1960s on geophysical anomalies.
Indication of production	None
Additional comments The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.

References

References MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reporters	Travis L. Hudson (Applied Geology, Inc.)
Last report date	1/12/2003