Lime Peak Skarn Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10001510
MRDS ID	A012257
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lime Peak Skarn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-146.66828, 65.66638 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

USBM OFR 31-85, FIG. 6, SAMPLE CI 28 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tin	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Rock unit name

Lime Peak Pluton

Rock description

Lime Peak Pluton

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Paleocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Paleocene

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-146.66828, 65.66638	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Tolovana/Lime Peak

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A012257

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USBM OFR 31-85, P. 15, 37
Other Database

BAG-OFR-83-170B-28

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SN VALVES DETECTED IN LIMESTONE AND POSSIBLE CALC-SILICATES NEAR INTRUSIVE CONTACT
Deposit	SEE ALSO: LIME PEAK PLUTON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit	THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-1986	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey