Deposit ID | 10000626 |
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MRDS ID | A011239 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Mt. Eielson Prospects |
Alternate or previous names | Mt. Eielson District, Copper Mountain District, Claims: Hugh John, Christenia, Sour Dough, Snowdrift, Virginia, Denver, Marjorie, Matheson, Carrie, Tennesee, Georgia, Kelly, Jiles, Isobel, Mackenzie, Mary, Highlander, Cleary |
Geographic coordinates: | -150.32647, 63.39401 (WGS84) |
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Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Relative position | NUMEROUS CLAIMS STAKED ON N SLOPE OF MT. EIELSON, BETWEEN MULDROW GL. AND THOROFARE CR. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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017S | 014W;015W | 31,32;36 | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Zinc | Primary |
Silver | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Pyrargyrite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Tetrahedrite | Ore |
Clinozoisite | Gangue |
Epidote | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Zoisite | Gangue |
Result | CHANNEL SAMPLES TAKEN BY USBM: 1.14 TO 7.35% PB, 2.42 TO 8.99% ZN, 0.10 TO 1.40% CU, TRACE AU, AND 0.22 OZ TO 9.80 OZ/TON AG, USBM RI 4121, P. 6-9 |
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Result | SOME ASSAYS OF GULENA SHOW MORE THAN 200 OZ/TON AG AND SOME GOLD BUT THE DEPOSITS TYPICALLY CONTAIN LESS THAN 40 OZ/TON AG, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PB AND ZN AND TRACE AMOUNTS OF AU, USGS BULL 1246, P. 229-230 |
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 | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
(1) | -150.32647, 63.39401 |
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Type of structure | Local |
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Structure description | Shear Zones In Lost Rock |
Width | 609.6M |
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Length | 6437.2M |
Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1920 |
Discoverer | J. B. Quigley |
District name | Kantishna |
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Ownership category | National Park |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011239 |
DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 134-137
USGS BULL 755, P. 42-43
USGS BULL 792, P. 107-108
USGS BULL 836, P. 314-318
USGS BULL 849-D, P. 231-287
USGS OFR 16, P. 1-7
USBM RI 4121, P. 1-13
USGS OFR 51, P. 81
USGS BULL 1246, P. 229-230
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | SULFIDES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE BEDS, DISSEMINATED IN LIMESTONE AND LESS COMMONLY AS VEIN FILLINGS IN GRANODIORITE; IN BROAD BELT AROUND CONTACT WITH TERTIARY PLUTON |
Deposit | RELATED: CARLSON AND AVERIL; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE SUGGESTIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF URANIUM, USGS OFR51, P. 81 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-NOV-84 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 13-APR-94 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |