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Unnamed (northeast of Canyon Creek)

Occurrence, Inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Cu

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale MC
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale B-4
Latitude 61.3043
Longitude -142.1591
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Location and accuracy This occurrence is on the east side of an unnamed east tributary to Canyon Creek. It is at an elevation of about 5,000 feet, 3,500 feet northwest of elevation 7015, about 800 feet northeast of the center of section 34, T. 6 S., R. 18 E of the Copper River Meridian. This is National Park Service locality WRST-236 and the latitude and longitude for this record were provided by the National Park Service.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

An unpublished National Park Service map and accompanying database identify this locality as a copper occurrence. The bedrock in the area is Triassic Nikolai Greenstone (MacKevett, 1978).
Geologic map unit (-142.161136221384, 61.3038827741334)

Production and reserves

Indication of production None

Additional comments

The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.

References

References

MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1032, 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.
Reporters Travis L. Hudson (Applied Geology, Inc.)
Last report date 1/12/2003