Deposit ID | 10002535 |
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MRDS ID | A013478 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Quartz Creek Lead-Silver Occurrence |
Geographic coordinates: | -161.40167, 65.53384 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 168 |
Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Relative position | ABOUT 31 MI. SE OF CANDLE; ON QUARTZ CREEK |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Gold | Tertiary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Copper | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Feldspar | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Tourmaline | Gangue |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
Rock unit name | Quartz Creek Pluton |
Rock description | Quartz Creek Pluton |
(1) | -161.40167, 65.53384 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1968 |
Discoverer | Usgs (Miller, Elliott, And Others) |
District name | Fairhaven |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013478 |
USGS MF-389, LOC. 5 (1972).
USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 4-7, 16-18, FIG. 2, SAMPLE LOCS. 11, 12 (1969).
USGS OF 76-866, P. 47-48 (1976).
BAG-MF-389-5
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | SULFIDE-BEARING TOURMALINE-QUARTZ ROCK IN ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON CONTAINS DISSEMINATED GRAAINS AND MASSES OF GALENA, SPHALEEERITE, PYRITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE. |
Deposit | NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERIATE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE IN ALTERED ZONE 18 MI. LONG AND 2-5 MI. WIDE SURROUNDING QUARTZ CREEK PLUTON; EXTENDING N 15 DEGREES ACROSS DRAINAGE BASIN OF QUARTZ CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
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-AUG-87 | Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 14-SEP-94 | Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |