Deposit ID | 10001545 |
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MRDS ID | A012292 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (west of upper Davis River) |
Geographic coordinates: | -130.41064, 55.83588 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This occurrence is at an elevation of about 2700 feet in section 4, T70S, R98E. It is near the head of an east-flowing tributary to upper Davis River and about 1.2 miles north-northeast of an unnamed lake at 3038 feet elevation. The site is in section 4, T. 70 S., R. 98 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to area M-7 in Berg and others (1977), and to loc. 15 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is accurate within about 0.1 mile. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | Ore |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
(1) | -130.41064, 55.83588 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Hyder |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012292 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KC015 |
Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., Smith, J.G., Pittman, T.L., and Kimball, A. L., 1977, Mineral resources of the Granite Fiords wilderness study area, Alaska, with a section on aeromagnetic data by Andrew Griscom: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1403, 151 p.
Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.
Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.
Gehrels, G.E., McClelland, W.C., Samson, S.D., Patchett, P.J., and Jackson, J.L., 1990, Ancient continental margin assemblage in the northern Coast Mountains, southeast Alaska and northwest Canada: Geology, v. 18, p. 208-211.
Crawford, M.L., Crawford, W.A., and Gehrels, G.E., 2000, Terrane assembly and structural relationships in the eastern Prince Rupert quadrangle, British Columbia, in H.H. Stowell and W.C.McClelland, eds., Tectonics of the Coast Mountains, southeastern Alaska and British Columbia: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 343, p. 1-21.?
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Sparsely disseminated base-metal sulfides |
Deposit | Other Comments = Site is in Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 29-JUN-1999 | H.C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |