Deposit ID | 10001052 |
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MRDS ID | A011730 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Nebraska |
Geographic coordinates: | -143.18056, 61.55967 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Includes several prospects on both sides of Hidden Creek. Best location: Mackevett, 1972. Accurate within radius of 100 feet. |
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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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Bornite | Ore |
Chalcanthite | Ore |
Chalcocite | Ore |
Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Malachite | 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 |
Rock unit name | Chitistone Limestone |
Rock description | Chitistone Limestone |
(1) | -143.18056, 61.55967 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Nizina |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011730 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MC084 |
Moffit, F.H., and Maddren, A.G., 1909, Mineral resources of the Kotsina-Chitina region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 374, 103 p.
Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.
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., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-6 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-979, scale 1:63,360.
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.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Lode; vein |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 04-AUG-1997 | Leonard, K.R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 04-AUG-1997 | Elliott, R.L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 04-AUG-1997 | Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |