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Unnamed (on upper Roaring Creek)

Prospect, Inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Cu
Other commodities Au

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale TK
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale B-2
Latitude 62.2759
Longitude -147.9733
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Location and accuracy This prospect is at an elevation of about 6,000 feet on the north, valley wall of upper Roaring Creek, about 0.6 mile west-southwest of elevation 6305. The prospect is in the NE1/4 sec. 9, T. 25 N., R. 8 E., Seward Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1/2 mile. This is locality 38 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977).

Geologic setting

Geologic description

The prospect, which was staked for gold and copper, is reportedly a mineralized vein in Jurassic granite (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973). It may be genetically related to the prospects at TK098 and TK099.
Geologic map unit (-147.975492259588, 62.2754225553842)
Mineral deposit model Polymetallic vein or Porphyry Cu-Au? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c or 20c?)
Mineral deposit model number 22c or 20c?

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration Work is limited to surface examinations.
Indication of production None

References

MRDS Number A106286

References

Csejtey, Bela, Jr., Nelson, W.H., Jones, D.L., Silberling, N.J., Dean, R.M., Morris, M.S., Lanphere, M.A., Smith, J.G., and Silberman, M.L, 1978, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochronology, Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, northern part of Anchorage quadrangle, and southwest part of Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-558-A, 60 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).
Reporters R.K. Rogers (U. S. Geological Survey contractor)
Last report date 10/2/2002