Amy Creek #2 (ARDF #MC183) Cu

Amy Creek #2

Prospect, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities	Cu

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale	MC
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale	A-8
Latitude	61.0049
Longitude	-143.6355
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy	This prospect is on lower Amy Creek, a north tributary to the North Fork Bremner River. It is at an elevation of about 2,200 feet in the NE 1/4 of section 16, T. 10 S., R. 10 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is National Park Service locality WRST-192 (unpublished data); the latitude and longitude for this record were provided by the National Park Service.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Geologic description An unpublished National Park Service map and accompanying database identify this locality as a copper lode prospect. Bedrock in this area is part of the Cretaceous Valdez Group flysch, which locally contains intercalated metavolcanic rocks (MacKevett, 1978).
Geologic map unit	(-143.6375369383, 61.0044394488862)
Age of mineralization	Cretaceous or younger based on the age of the rocks in the vicinity.

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