Deposit ID | 10001986 |
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MRDS ID | A012830 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Glacier Creek Prospects |
Related records | 10257401 |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.40884, 64.59872 (WGS84) |
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Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
Relative position | N BANK OF GLACIER CREEK, OPPOSITE MOUTH OF SNOW GULCH. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Result | PICKED SPECIMEN CONTAINED 1/2 OX/TON IN AU, USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 193. |
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
(1) | -165.40884, 64.59872 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012830 |
BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 71.
USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 192-193.
USGS BULLETIN 345, P. 232
USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 241-242.
BAG-MF-463-42
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | AU IN QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 6 IN WIDE IN PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE-BEARING SCHIST; QUARTZ-FELDSPAR VEIN EXPOSED FOR 6 FT IN TUNNEL SHOWED PINCH AND SWELL STRUCTURE, WIDTH: 3 IN TO 1 FT, VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION BUT ADJACENT SCHIST HIGHLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE; ALSO 8 IN LENS AND 1 IN WIDE STRINGER NEARBY. |
Deposit | DATA ON BEDROCK MINERALIZATION IN GLACIER CR. GENERALLY NOT SITE-SPECIFIC. ; 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. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |