Deposit ID | 10002119 |
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MRDS ID | A013011 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | West Gladiator |
Geographic coordinates: | -153.93265, 60.18943 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Locality is the top of peak 5,251, south of Copper Mountain, roughly 6 km N-NW of the mouth of Ospook Creek. This is locality 33 of Nelson and others (1985) and locality 32 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). Sec. 11, T. 1 N., R. 27 W., of the Seward Meridian. Location is accurate within 1.6 km. |
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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 |
Malachite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | Ore |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Epidote | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 53 |
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USGS model code | 17 |
Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
Mark3 model number | 4 |
Model code | 85 |
USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
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Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
(1) | -153.93265, 60.18943 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Bristol Bay |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013011 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LC042 |
Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., 1976, Geology and geochemistry of certain land within the Lake Clark National Park: Contract report for U.S. Bureau of Mines, 109 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Porphyry Cu ? or Polymetallic vein ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; models 17 ? or 22c ?) |
Deposit | Other Comments = Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 15-JUN-1998 | M.L. Miller | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 15-JUN-1998 | D.P. Bickerstaff | U.S. Geological Survey |