Deposit ID | 10000361 |
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MRDS ID | A010427 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Head-Of-The-Bay (Cordova - Tacoma Copper Co.) |
Related records | 10161018 |
Geographic coordinates: | -145.55361, 60.66266 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This prospect is at an elevation of about 1500 feet near the head of Wesley Falls Creek. It is in the SE1/4 sec. 10, T 14 S., R. 2 W., of the Copper River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 1000 ft. Location corresponds to site C-21 of Jansons and others (1984). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | Ore |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
Rock unit name | Orca Group;Orca Group |
Rock description | Orca Group;Orca Group |
(1) | -145.55361, 60.66266 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Copper River |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010427 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CV049 |
Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, scale 1:250,000.
Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, 16 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Grant, U.S., and Higgins, D.F., Jr., 1910, Reconnaissance of the geology and mineral resources of Prince William Sound, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 443, 89 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Other Comments = Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-JUN-2000 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |