Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | MH |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-4 |
Latitude | 63.2713 |
Longitude | -145.5878 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This occurrence is at an elevation of 5,000 feet near the southeast end of Rainbow Ridge. It is on the southwest valley wall of upper McCallum Creek in the SE1/4NW1/4 section 14, T. 19 S., R. 11 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The occurrence is described by Hanson (1963, locality 10), and it corresponds to locality 25 in Cobb (1979 [OFR 79-238]) and locality S120 in table 2 of Nokelberg and others (1991). |
Geologic descriptionThis occurrence consists of chalcopyrite and galena in several small irregular quartz veins that strike N20E and dip vertically (Hanson, 1963). The veins occur along a fault in limestone of the Slana Spur Formation of Pennsylvanian age (Nokleberg and others, 1991). Samples of the mineralized veins assayed 0.3 to 0.4 percent copper, 2.5 to 2.6 percent lead, a trace of gold, and as much as 1.4 ounces of silver per ton (Hanson, 1963). | |
Geologic map unit | (-145.590043910535, 63.2708877234739) |
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Mineral deposit model | Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c). |
Mineral deposit model number | 22c |
Age of mineralization | Pennsylvanian or younger. |
Workings or exploration | Samples of the mineralized veins assayed 0.3 to 0.4 percent copper, 2.5 to 2.6 percent lead, a trace of gold, and as much as 1.4 ounces of silver per ton (Hanson, 1963). |
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Indication of production | None |
MRDS Number | A011802 |
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References | |
Reporters | W.T. Ellis (Alaska Earth Science), C.C. Hawley (Hawley Resource Group), and W.J. Nokleberg (USGS) |
Last report date | 8/9/2002 |