Deposit ID | 10003131 |
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MRDS ID | A015663 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed |
Geographic coordinates: | -171.12319, 63.43913 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This site is on an unnamed stream that flows southeast to its mouth at Poowooliak Bay on the southwest coast of St. Lawrence Island, 7 miles northeast of Poowooliak Point. The site is about 2 miles upstream of the mouth and is located within 1/2 mile. It is locality 13 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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Lead | Primary |
Zinc | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Galena | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
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(1) | -171.12319, 63.43913 |
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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 | A015663 | |
Unknown | MF | MF | 0465-13 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SL016 |
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., 1972, Analyses of stream sediment and rock samples from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1966-1971: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-293, 78 p.
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 = Polymetallic sulfide mineralization in altered volcanic rocks. Deposit model 22c (?); polymetallic veins |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-SEP-1998 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |