Deposit ID | 10000161 |
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MRDS ID | A010197 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Lake |
Geographic coordinates: | -130.27565, 56.05671 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Lake prospect is at an elevation of about 2400 feet along an old trail in the southwest corner of Section 16, about 0.2 mile northeast of Disappearing Lake (Berg and others, 1977, p. 84; Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 12, loc. 34). The location is accurate within about a quarter of a mile. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
Rock unit name | Texas Creek Granodiorite |
Rock description | Texas Creek Granodiorite |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock |
Rock unit name | Hazelton Group |
Rock description | Hazelton Group |
(1) | -130.27565, 56.05671 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Hyder |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010197 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BC034 |
Buddington, A.F., 1925, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alasaka: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 71-139.
Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.
Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., Smith, J.G., Pittman, T.L., and Kimball, A. L., 1977, Mineral resources of the Granite Fiords wilderness study area, Alaska, with a section on aeromagnetic data by Andrew Griscom: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1403, 151 p.
Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic veins |
Deposit | Other Comments = Prospect originally staked in 1923. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 17-MAY-1998 | H. C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |