Deposit ID | 10001067 |
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MRDS ID | A011748 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (upper Roaring Creek) |
Alternate or previous names | Roaring Creek |
Related records | 10233718 |
Geographic coordinates: | -143.83447, 61.6816 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Near headwaters of Roaring Creek, a tributary of Kotsina River. Best location: MacKevett and others, 1978, loc. 15. 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 |
Chalcocite | Ore |
Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro | ||||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
Rock unit name | Hasen Creek Formation; Predominately Argillite, Cut By Triassic Gabbro |
Rock description | Hasen Creek Formation; Predominately Argillite, Cut By Triassic Gabbro |
(1) | -143.83447, 61.6816 |
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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 | A011748 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MC037 |
Moffit, F.H., and Maddren, A.G., 1909, Mineral resources of the Kotsina-Chitina region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 374, 103 p.
Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 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.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, scale 1:63,360.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Lode: vein |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 19-SEP-1997 | Leonard, K.R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 19-SEP-1997 | Elliott, R.L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 19-SEP-1997 | Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |