Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10002155 |
MRDS ID |
A013049 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Paint River Copper Prospect |
Alternate or previous names |
Sargent Creek In Adggs Gr 8 P. 13 |
Geographic areas
Country |
State |
United States |
Alaska |
Comments on the location information
- USGS MF-364, LOCATION 19; LOCATED 0.5 MI NW OF MF-364 LOCATION 20 ON UNNAMED CREEK (SARGENT CREEK) FLOWING INTO CREVICE CREEK, AT 1800 FT. ELEVATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Copper |
Primary |
Iron |
Secondary |
Comments on the commodity information
- MAGNETITE BODIES CONTAIN OVER 50% MAGNETITE VS. QUARTZ: ADGGS GR8, P. 14-15
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Chalcopyrite |
Ore |
Magnetite |
Ore |
Malachite |
Ore |
Actinolite |
Gangue |
Calcite |
Gangue |
Epidote |
Gangue |
Garnet |
Gangue |
Pyrite |
Gangue |
Quartz |
Gangue |
Analytical data
Result |
JASPER (1956) REPORTS SULFIDE LENSES 3 FT BY 10 FT THAT CONTAINED 7% CU: ADGGS GR8, P. 13 (1965) |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Associated |
Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Mafic Intrusive Rock
> Diorite |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Triassic |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Triassic |
|
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Carbonate
> Limestone |
Rock unit name |
Kamishak Formation |
Rock description |
Kamishak Formation |
Comments on the geologic information
- CONTACT METAMORPHIC EPIDOTE-GARNET TACTITE BODIES AND MAGNETITE-QUARTZ BODIES, BOTH RELATIVELY SMALL AND DISCONTINUOUS.