Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000399
MRDS ID	A010562
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.84945, 60.01649 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	700 PPM CU, 500 PPM ZINC FROM SEMIQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
Rock unit name	Orca Group;Orca Group
Rock description	Orca Group;Orca Group

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.84945, 60.01649	List Map

Ore body information

Thickness 7M

Length 75M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Prince William Sound District

Land status

Ownership category	National Park

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010562

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 265
Deposit

USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 251

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	REDDISH BROWN GOSSAN HAS SULFER ODOR

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1984	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Editor	13-APR-1994	Mosier, Dan	U.S. Geological Survey