Deposit ID | 10001148 |
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MRDS ID | A011842 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Silver Creek |
Related records | 10185464 |
Geographic coordinates: | -144.05762, 62.73274 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Silver Creek prospect (Cobb, 1979 [OFR 79-1247]) is at an elevation of about 2,800 feet in Silver Creek about 1/2 mile above its junction with Ahtell Creek . The location is number 8 of Richter (1966; fig. 5), locality 12 of Richter and Matson (1972), and locality 11 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). The location is accurate to within 500 feet; it is the NW1/4SW1/4, section 14, T. 11 N., R. 7 E., Copper River Meridian. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Limonite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Tetrahedrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Host | ||||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels | ||||
Rock unit name | Tetelna Formation | ||||
Rock description | Tetelna Formation | ||||
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(1) | -144.05762, 62.73274 |
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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 | A011842 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | GU011 |
Thorne, R.L., 1946, Exploration of argentiferous lead-copper deposits of the Slana district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 3940, 9 p.
Richter, D.H., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Ahtell Creek area, Slana District, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 6, 17 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:31,680.
Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., 1968, Distribution of gold and some base metals in the Slana area, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 593, 20 p.
Richter, D.H., Lanphere, M.A., and Matson, N. A., Jr., 1975, Granite plutonism and metamorphism, Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 86, p. 819-820.
Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.
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.
Moffit, F.H., 1938, Geology of the Slana-Tok district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 904, 54 p.
Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., Jr., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-419, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c) |
Deposit | Other Comments = the most recent exploration data on the property was summarized in: 'Slana Mineral Belt Prospects Review' by Kirk Stanley, a report for Ahtna Minerals Corporation (Wes Nason, Ahtna Minerals, written communication, 2000). Additional information can be obtained from Ahtna Minerals in Anchorage, Alaska. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 05-DEC-00 | W.T. Ellis | Alaska Earth Sciences | |
Reporter | 05-DEC-00 | Hawley, C.C. | Hawley Resource Group | |
Reporter | 05-DEC-00 | W.J. Nokleberg | U.S. Geological Survey |