Deposit ID | 10002205 |
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MRDS ID | A013105 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (at headwaters of Burro Creek) |
Geographic coordinates: | -135.47211, 59.47975 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This occurrence is at an elevation of 3,500 feet about 1.4 miles west of Parsons Peak in a saddle at the head of Burro Creek. It is in the south-central part of section 36, T. 27 S., R. 58 E. of the Copper River Meridian. It is shown as mineral occurrence 8 by Redman and others (1984) and as number S066 by Wells and others (1986). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
(1) | -135.47211, 59.47975 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Juneau (Skagway subdistrict) |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013105 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SK022 |
Redman, E.C., Retherford, R.M., and Hickok, B.D., 1984, Geology and geochemistry of the Skagway B-2 Quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 84-31, 34 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:40,000.
Wells, D.E., Pittman, T.L., Brew, D.A. and Douglass, S.L., 1986, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway quadrangles, Alaska; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-717, 332 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Quartz-sulfide vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c?). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 04-FEB-2001 | T.C. Crafford | T. Crafford & Associates |