Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | TK |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | C-4 |
Latitude | 62.5567 |
Longitude | -148.9242 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3,400 feet, 1/2 mile west of the north end of lake 2710. The occurrence is in the SE1/4 sec. 32, T. 29 N., R. 3 E., Seward Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1/4 mile. This is locality 43 of Csejtey and Miller (1978). |
Geologic descriptionThis occurrence consists of pyrite-bearing quartz veinlets that cut pyritic, malachite-stained, alteration zones in mafic metavolcanic rocks. Samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey contain up to 1,000 parts per million copper, 10 parts per million molybdenum, and 0.05 part per million gold (Miller and others, 1978). | |
Geologic map unit | (-148.926435046318, 62.5562151620475) |
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Mineral deposit model | Basaltic Cu? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 23?) |
Mineral deposit model number | 23? |
Alteration of deposit | The mafic metavolcanic rocks are altered, but the type of alteration is not specified (Csejtey and Miller, 1978). Oxidation of copper mineral. |
Workings or exploration | Only samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (Miller and others, 1978). |
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Indication of production | None |
MRDS Number | A012172 |
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References | |
Reporters | R.K. Rogers (U. S. Geological Survey contractor) |
Last report date | 10/1/2002 |