Deposit ID | 10000505 |
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MRDS ID | A010695 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Comet & Kensington Mines |
Alternate or previous names | Eureka, Sherman Creek |
Geographic coordinates: | -135.07984, 58.86225 (WGS84) |
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Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Relative position | Point Within 2500 Ft Of Each Of Two Consolidated Mines |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Lead | Tertiary |
Copper | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
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 | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
(1) | -135.07984, 58.86225 |
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Type of structure | Local |
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Structure description | Veins In Comet Are In Diorite And Nearly Normal To Contact With Slate & Graywacke |
General form | TABULAR |
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Depth to top | 0M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1895 |
Year | 1901 | ||||||||||||||
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Period | 1897-1901 | ||||||||||||||
Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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Length | 3048M |
Overall depth | 304.8M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010695 |
USGS OFR 78-374, P. 42-43, 81-82
USGS B 284, P. 32-33
USGS B 446, P 40-44
USGS OFR 78-374
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | ORE ZONES DESCRIBED AS "POCKETY" OR IN "BONANZAS". |
Deposit | Discovery Year: 1890'S |
Deposit | SEVERAL OTHER LESSER PROPERTIES IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY ARE: BEAR, JOHNSON, SEWARD, OPHIR, NORTHERN BELL, AND HORRIBLE. ALL ARE QUARTZ VEINS IN DIORITE AT OR NEAR CONTACT. NORTHERN BELL MAY HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION, BUT DATA LACKING. JOHNSON LODE CUT BY EXTENSION OF KENSINGTON ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-84 | Elliott, R. L. | U.S. Geological Survey |