Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000403
MRDS ID	A010566
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.68752, 60.27706 (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
Zinc	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Pyrrhotite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Greenstone Is Altered Basalt

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
Rock unit name	Orca Group;
Rock description	Orca Group;

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.68752, 60.27706	ListMap

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Greenstone Intrudes Slate

Ore body information

Width 7.5M

Length 9M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010566

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 239
Deposit

USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 255

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SHATTERED AND RECEMENTED ZONE IN GREENSTONE AND/OR SLATE

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