Deposit ID | 10003511 |
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MRDS ID | A106269 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (northeast of VABM Watana) |
Alternate or previous names | VABM Watana |
Geographic coordinates: | -147.84275, 62.96961 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Head of unnamed creek, 1/2 mi (800 m) NNW of Benchmark 'Watana'; location accurate to within 1/2 mi (800 m). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Gold | Secondary |
Model code | 273 |
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USGS model code | 36a |
Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
Mark3 model number | 27 |
Model code | 58 |
USGS model code | 18a |
Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu, skarn-related |
Mark3 model number | 9 |
(1) | -147.84275, 62.96961 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Valdez Creek |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A106269 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | TK037 |
Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Gold-quartz veins or porphyry-copper skarn? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a or 18a?) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-AUG-1996 | Riehle, J. | U.S. Geological Survey |