Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | MH |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-5 |
Latitude | 63.304 |
Longitude | -146.1916 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This occurrence is at an elevation of about 4,000 feet in the headwaters of an east-flowing tributary to the stream(s) in Broxson Gulch and in the NE1/4NW1/4 section 3, T. 19 S., R. 8 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The occurrence corresponds to locality 44 in table 2 of Nokleberg and others (1991). |
Geologic descriptionThis occurrence is in a pyritic dacite porphyry unit of the Slana Spur Formation of Late Paleozoic age (Nokleberg and others, 1991). The dacite forms sills and stocks. Grab sample 79NK037 of the pyritic rock assayed 0.10 parts per million gold (Nokleberg and others, table 2, locality 44). | |
Geologic map unit | (-146.193863254137, 63.3035776880204) |
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Age of mineralization | Pennsylvanian and (or) Permian (?), the age of the host rock. |
Alteration of deposit | Pyritization of host rock. |
Workings or exploration | The occurrence is on active MAN Resources claims. |
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Indication of production | None |
References | |
Reporters | W.T. Ellis (Alaska Earth Science), C.C. Hawley (Hawley Resource Group), and W.J. Nokleberg (USGS) |
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Last report date | 6/18/2001 |