Deposit ID | 10001572 |
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MRDS ID | A012322 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Six Point |
Related records | 10282808 |
Geographic coordinates: | -131.85067, 55.38085 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Six Point prospect is within a few yards of tidewater on the south side of Vallenar Bay, about 1.2 miles east of South Vallenar Point. The site is in section 11, T. 75 S., R. 89 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 53 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is accurate within 0.1 mile. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 273 |
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USGS model code | 36a |
Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
Mark3 model number | 27 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
(1) | -131.85067, 55.38085 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Ketchikan |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012322 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KC056 |
Brooks, A.H., 1902, Preliminary report on the Ketchikan mining district, Alaska, with an introductory sketch of the geology of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1, 120 p.
Wright, F.E., and Wright, C.W., 1908, The Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 347, 210 p.
Berg, H.C., 1973, Geology of Gravina Island Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1373, 41 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.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide gold-quartz veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-JUL-1999 | H.C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |