Deposit ID | 10000739 |
---|---|
MRDS ID | A011378 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Patten |
Geographic coordinates: | -143.64457, 62.93163 (WGS84) |
---|---|
Relative position | Best location: Richter, 1967, ADGGS GR30, Plate 2, loc. 7. Accurate within 100 ft radius |
(click for info) |
Country | State |
---|---|
United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
---|---|
Jade | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
---|---|
Nephrite | Ore |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Serpentine | Gangue |
Tremolite | Gangue |
Host or associated | Host |
---|---|
Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite |
(1) | -143.64457, 62.93163 |
---|
Development status | Prospect |
---|---|
Commodity type | Non-metallic |
District name | Tok; Mentasta Pass |
---|
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011378 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NB004 |
Richter, D.H., 1967, Geology of the upper Slana-Mentasta Pass area, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 30, 27 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Richter, D.H., Singer, D.A., and Cox, D.P., 1975, Mineral resources map of the Nabesna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-655-K, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
---|---|
Deposit | Model Name = lode, metamorphic |
Deposit | Other Comments = Deposit has yielded a number of pounds of semiprecious stone over the past 10 years (USGS MF-655K). Other deposits of jade in the ultramafic rocks of the quadrangle appear likely. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reporter | 05-FEB-1997 | Leonard, K.R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 05-FEB-1997 | Elliott, R.L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 05-FEB-1997 | Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |