Deposit ID | 10000517 |
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MRDS ID | A010711 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Nabesna Mine |
Geographic coordinates: | -143.01089, 62.37469 (WGS84) |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Lead | Tertiary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Antimony | Tertiary |
Iron | Tertiary |
Arsenic | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Magnetite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
(1) | -143.01089, 62.37469 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | <1907 |
Year of first production | 1931 |
Year of last production | 1940 |
District name | Chisana District |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010711 |
USGS OFR 80-927, P. 44-45
USGS B 933-B, P. 175-199
USGS MF-655K
ADGGS SPEC REPT 31
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT IN LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY SMALL GRANITIC BODIES. MASSIVE MAGNETITE WITH PYRITE, VEINS AND MASSES OF PYRKHOTITE, AND VEINS OF GOLD-BEARING PYRITE AT CONTACT. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-JUN-1984 | Elliott, R. L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 13-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |