Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | SR |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-7 |
Latitude | 60.2841 |
Longitude | -149.4309 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | The prospect is located near where Porcupine Creek turns from southeast to northeast flowing at an elevation of about 2,000 feet. It is situated in the center of the N1/2 section 10, T. 2 N., R. 1 W., of the Seward Meridian. This is location 82a of Cobb and Tysdal (1980) and location S-211 of Jansons and others (1984). This location is accurate to within 1,000 feet. |
Geologic descriptionThis occurrence consists of 1- to 15-inch-wide quartz-calcite veins that average 3 inches wide, strike N70W, and dip 80NE. The veins contain chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite, and gold. One vein can be traced along strike for 125 feet (Jansons and others, 1984). The veins are hosted by north-south striking slate of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age that dip to steeply to the east (Nelson and others, 1985). Assays as much as $100 (gold value of $20.65 per ounce) have been obtained on samples from some of the larger veins (Johnson, 1912). Three samples collected in 1981 by the U.S. Bureau of Mines assayed from a trace to 0.25 ppm gold; other metal values, including copper, lead, and zinc, ranged from none detected to 89 ppm (Jansons and others, 1984). | |
Geologic map unit | (-149.433054509171, 60.2835393287457) |
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Mineral deposit model | Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a) |
Mineral deposit model number | 36a |
Age of mineralization | Cretaceous or younger; the veins cut rocks of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age. |
Workings or exploration | Johnson (1912) reported an adit when he described the vein, but he gave no details about the adit. He also reported that assays as much as $100 of gold per ton of ore have been obtained (gold value of $20.65 per ounce). Three samples collected in 1981 by the U.S. Bureau of Mines assayed from a trace to 0.25 ppm gold; other metal values, including copper, lead, and zinc, ranged from none detected to 89 ppm (Jansons and others, 1984). |
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Indication of production | None |
Additional commentsJansons and others (1984) described the site as being on Porcupine Creek at an elevation of 2,000 feet in the NW1/4 of section 10, T. 2 N., R. 1 W. Tysdal (1978 [MF-880-A]) also located the site in section 10, T. 2 N., R. 1 W., of the Seward Meridian. Both authors maps located the site on Porcupine Creek. Martin and others (1915) identified this creek as Porcupine Creek. The 1994 USGS B7 topographic map has labeled this creek Primrose Creek, but the USGS B7-SE topographic calls it Porcupine Creek. |
MRDS Number | A010522 |
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ReferencesHoekzema, R.P., and Sherman, G.E., 1983, Mineral investigations in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska (Peninsula study area): U.S. Bureau of Mines in-house report; held at U.S. Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office, Anchorage, 524 p.
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Reporters | Jeff A. Huber and Carol S. Huber (Anchorage) |
Last report date | 3/9/1994 |