Deposit ID | 10001539 |
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MRDS ID | A012286 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Mountain View Group-Gray Copper Vein |
Alternate or previous names | Mountain View Group, Fish Creek No. 2 Claim |
Geographic coordinates: | -130.05342, 55.98921 (WGS84) |
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Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Relative position | DIVIDE BETWEEN SKOOKUM AND FISH CREEKS |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Molybdenum | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Freibergite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Molybdenite | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Silver | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Anglesite | Gangue |
Ankerite | Gangue |
Barite | Gangue |
Calcite | Gangue |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Covellite | Gangue |
Malachite | Gangue |
Marcasite | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Sericite | Gangue |
Specularite | Gangue |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
Rock unit name | Texas Creek Granodiorite; Granodiorite And Minor Quartz Diorite Cut By Aplite Dikes | ||||
Rock description | Texas Creek Granodiorite; Granodiorite And Minor Quartz Diorite Cut By Aplite Dikes | ||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
(1) | -130.05342, 55.98921 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1917 |
Discoverer | John Hovland |
District name | Hyder |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012286 |
USGS BULL 773, P. 74, 76-77
USGS BULL 807, P. 43, 63-67
USGS BULL 800, P. 317, 324, 327, 330, 358
USBM IC 7379, P. 42, 68-69
USBM RI 3944
USGS BULL 1024-B, P. 25-27, 30-32, 34-44
USGS BULL 1024-F, P. 123, 125-128, 137-138
USGS BULL 1058-A, P. 27-29
ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES AND MINERALS, REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1966, P. 63
USGS OFR 78-73B, P. 4, NO. 6
BAG-OFR-78-73B-06
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | PRINCIPAL VEIN OF MOUNTAIN VIEW MINE; TRACED FOR ABOUT 480 FT ON SURFACE, 300-400 FT EXPOSED IN UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; ZONE 6-8 FT WIDE WITH 1.5-6 FT OF QUARTZ, AVE. 4 PT, SURROUNDING MINERALIZED BANDS AND HORSES OF COUNTRY ROCK; TWO TYPES OF ORE SHOOTS: 1. PYRITIC QUARTZ CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND TETRAHEDRITE; PYRITE IN LAYERS AND DISSEMINATIONS LOCALLY COMPRISING UP TO 50% OF VEIN MATERIAL; RELATIVELY LOW AG CONTENT; 2. QUARTZ-BARITE INTERBANDED WITH SEAMS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SCHEELITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE TETRADEDRITE, FREIBERGITE AND SOME NATIVE AU AND AG; HIGHER AG CONTENT THAN PYRITIC SHOOTS; MOLYBDENITE NOTED IN SAMPLES TAKEN FOR RADIOACTIVITY SURVEY |
Deposit | NOTE THAT SOME DATA LISTED PERTAINS TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW PROPERTY IN GENERAL; FOR SITE-SPECIFIC DATA ON INDIVIDUAL VEINS, SEE ALSO: MOUNTAIN VIEW - "RUBY SILVER" VEIN, MTN VIEW - "SKOOKUM VEIN", AND MTN VIEW - "MARSH" VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-SEP-86 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey |