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Unnamed (north of Talkeetna River)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001421
MRDS ID A012167
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (north of Talkeetna River)
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.71967, 62.50458 (WGS84)
Relative position About 1/2 mi (800 m) W of small unnamed lake in extreme SW corner of SE 1/4 of Talkeetna Mountains C-4 quadrangle; 1 mi (1.6 km) NE of Talkeetna River; location accurate to within 1/4 mi (400 m) (Csejtey and Miller, 1978, loc. 45).
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = silver mineral

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron oxide

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 83
USGS model code 22a
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted Cu-As-Sb
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46
Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.71967, 62.50458
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small Cu-bearing shear zone occurs in mafic meta-volcanic rock of Paleozoic age.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: Surface

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012167
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF TK053

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-558-B, 20 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Singer, D.A., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and discussion of the metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resources of the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-588-Q, 33 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-716, 63 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Csejtey and Miller, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Volcanic-hosted Cu-As-Sb, or polymetallic vein, or gold-quartz vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22a, or 22c, or 36a?)
Deposit Model Number = 22a, or 22c, or 36a?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. U.S. Geological Survey