Deposit ID | 10000244 |
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MRDS ID | A010282 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Texas Discovery |
Geographic coordinates: | -130.1987, 56.06366 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Texas Discovery occurrence is in Section 13 at approximately 2000 feet elevation. It is just above the old wagon road that follows the West Fork of Texas Creek, and about 2.3 miles below the outlet of Texas Lake (Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 14, loc. 48). The location probably 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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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | 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 |
Rock description | Texas Creek |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
(1) | -130.1987, 56.06366 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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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 | A010282 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BC048 |
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.
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 = Occurrence was originally staked in 1923. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 17-MAY-1998 | H. C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |