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Myers

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000968
MRDS ID A011639
Record type Site
Current site name Myers
Related records 10112434

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.39266, 61.41955 (WGS84)
Relative position Located on northwestern slope (1,500 ft elevation) of Mount Eklutna, 3,500 ft southeast of Mirror Lake. Accurate within 1,000 ft. Labeled as 'Lead-zinc prospect' by Clark and Bartsch (1967), locality 38 of Cobb (1972), and locality 28 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977).
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.39266, 61.41955
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Country rock is greenstone and silicified rhyolite of Jurassic to Permian age. A vertical zone about 3 ft wide contains disseminations and small masses of arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galena. In addition, a 2 inch wide calcite vein found within a zone of rusty gouge contains disseminated sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite (Landes, 1927).
  • Age = Jurassic or younger

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Anchorage

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface mapping and sampling.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A011639
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF AN098

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Landes, K.K., 1927, Geology of the Knik-Matanuska District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 792-B, p. 51-72.

  • Deposit

    Rose, A.W., 1966, Geology and chromite-bearing ultramafic rocks near Eklutna, Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 18, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:42,000.

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

  • Deposit

    Clark, S.H.B., and Bartsch, S.R., 1971, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage B-7 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 484, 70 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:36,360

  • Deposit

    Clark, S.H.B., 1972, The Wolverine complex, a newly discovered layered ultramafic body in the western Chugach Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 522, 10 p.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Landes, 1927

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Kuroko massive sulfide ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a ?)
Deposit Other Comments = Not enough base metal mineralization exposed to encourage development work (Landes, 1927).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss U.S. Geological Survey