Deposit ID | 10001972 |
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MRDS ID | A012816 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Thompson |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.17274, 64.78235 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Thompson prospect is near the nead of Rocky Mountain Creek, an east tributary to upper Nome River, at an elevation of about 1,400 feet. It is locality 19 of Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) and locality 37 of Hummel (1975) and included in locality 32 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The prospect is located within about 1,000 feet of the coordinates. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Antimony | Primary |
Zinc | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Sphalerite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
(1) | -165.17274, 64.78235 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Nome |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012816 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM077 |
Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Vein (?) occurrence of antimony and zinc minerals in calcarous metasedimentary rocks. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 22-OCT-99 | Hawley, C.C. | Hawley Resource Group | |
Reporter | 22-OCT-99 | Travis L. Hudson | Hawley Resource Group |