Upper Chathenda Creek (ARDF #NB089) Cu

Upper Chathenda Creek

Prospect, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities	Cu

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale	NB
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale	A-2
Latitude	62.1101
Longitude	-141.656
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy	This prospect is on the south side of the valley of upper Chathenda Creek at an elevation of about 5,300 feet. It is 1.1 mile north-northeast of peak 7372, about 0.3 mile east of the center of section 24, T. 4 N., R. 20 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is National Park Service locality WRST-71 (unpublished data) and the corodinates of this prospect were provided by the National Park Service.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Geologic description An unpublished National Park Service map and accompanying database identify this locality as a copper prospect where 30 lode claims were active in 1971. Bedrock in this area is Jurassic or Cretaceous siliciclastic rocks that are locally intruded by Cretaceous and/or Tertiary dikes and small stocks (Richter and Jones, 1973).
Geologic map unit	(-141.658136970547, 62.1097545660713)
Age of mineralization	Cretaceous or Tertiary? The prospect is in an area where Cretaceous or Tertiary intrusive rocks intrude Jurassic or Cretaceous sedimentary rocks (Richter and Jones, 1973).

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration	Thirty lode claims were active in 1971 and at least some surface prospecting has taken place.
Indication of production	None
Additional comments The prospect is in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.

References

References Richter, D.H., and Jones, D.L., 1973, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nabesna A-2 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-749, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Reporters	Travis L. Hudson (Applied Geology)
Last report date	11/24/2002