Deposit ID | 10003125 |
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MRDS ID | A015657 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed |
Geographic coordinates: | -171.8132, 63.47912 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This site is 3 miles east of the mouth of the Moghoweyik River on western St. Lawrence Island. It is at an elevation of about 300 feet on the north side of the river valley and is probably located within 1/2 mile. It is locality 5 of Cobb (1972) and Cobb (1980) summarized relevant references under the name 'Unnamed occurrence'. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Model code | 53 |
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USGS model code | 17 |
Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
Mark3 model number | 4 |
Host or associated | Host | ||||||
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(1) | -171.8132, 63.47912 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Bering Sea |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015657 | |
Unknown | MF | MF | 465-5 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SL005 |
Csejtey, Bela, Jr., Patton, W.W., Jr., and Miller, T.P., 1971, Cretaceous plutonic rocks of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, a preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-D, p. D68-D76.
Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1971, Preliminary geologic investigations of western St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 684-C, p. C1-C15.
Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Fracture fillings, veins, and disseminations of chalcopyrite in granitic rock. Deposit model 17 (?); porphyry Cu |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-SEP-1998 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |