Deposit ID | 10000415 |
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MRDS ID | A010580 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Charles Frank |
Related records | 10136901 |
Geographic coordinates: | -150.58947, 59.56255 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Charles Frank mine is located 1.8 miles north of Moss Point on the west shore of the Nuka Bay's North Arm. A caved adit exists just above the high tide line and about 40 feet below the discovery outcrops. This is Cobb's (1972, MF-397) location 22 and Richter's (1970) location 2. This location is accurate to within 300 feet. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Arsenopyrite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 273 |
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USGS model code | 36a |
Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
Mark3 model number | 27 |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
Rock unit name | Valdez Group |
Rock description | Valdez Group;Valdez Group |
(1) | -150.58947, 59.56255 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Homer |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010580 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SV007 |
Pilgrim, E.R., 1933, Progress of lode mining in interior Alaska, 1932: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194, 11 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic minerals resources map of the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-397, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Borden, J.C., Goldfarb, R.J., Gent, C.A., Burruss, R.C., and Roushey, B.H., 1992 Geochemistry of lode-gold deposits, Nuka Bay district, southern Kenai Peninsula: Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2041, p. 13-21.
Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 80-87, 47 p.
Richter, D.H., 1970, Geology and lode-gold deposits of the Nuka Bay area, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-B, p. Bl-B16.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide, Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a) |
Deposit | Other Comments = These prospects are within the Kenai Fjords National Park which is closed to mineral entry. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 06-FEB-99 | Jeff A. Huber | U.S. Geological Survey |