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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000665
MRDS ID A011289
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.89928, 63.57013 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLOTTED FROM USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.1-1(A), MAP SITE NO. 151. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD MINERAL SHOWS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result NO DATA ON PROBABLE SILVER CONTENT

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.89928, 63.57013
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Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 40 E TO N 60 E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY THE UPPER EXTENSION OF BOSART VEIN; LARGELY UNEXPLORED

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A011289

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADGGS OFR 98, P. 33 LOC. 35

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 24-78, FIG 4.1-1(A), SITE NO. 151

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ CARBONATE VEIN 1 TO 4 FT THICK
Deposit SEE ALSO: BOSART ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.