Deposit ID | 10001044 |
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MRDS ID | A011722 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Lakina |
Related records | 10185394 |
Geographic coordinates: | -143.39862, 61.55772 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Near toe of Lakina Glacier. Best location: Winkler and MacKevett, 1981. Accurate within a radius of 1 mile. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Azurite | Ore |
Bornite | Ore |
Chalcocite | Ore |
Covellite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Copper | Ore |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||||
Rock unit name | Nikolai Greenstone | ||||
Rock description | Nikolai Greenstone | ||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
(1) | -143.39862, 61.55772 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Chistochina |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011722 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MC071 |
Moffit, F.H., and Maddren, A.G., 1909, Mineral resources of the Kotsina-Chitina region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 374, 103 p.
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.
Winkler, G.R., and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1981, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-7 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1533, scale 1:63,360.
Moffit, F.H., 1918, Mining in the lower Copper River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-C, p. 155-182.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Lode: vein, shear zone, disseminated |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 31-JUL-1997 | Leonard, K.R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 31-JUL-1997 | Elliott, R.L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 31-JUL-1997 | Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |