Deposit ID | 10067308 |
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MRDS ID | W000011 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (east of lower Kuskulana Glacier) |
Alternate or previous names | Unnamed |
Geographic coordinates: | -143.63641, 61.63077 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | 500 ft southeast of Kuskulana Glacier at a point 2 mi up-glacier from toe. Best location: MacKevett and others, 1978, loc. 23. Accurate within radius of 100 feet. |
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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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Copper | Ore |
Tenorite | Ore |
Epidote | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 87 |
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USGS model code | 23 |
BC deposit profile | D03 |
Deposit model name | Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu) |
Mark3 model number | 118 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||||
Rock unit name | Nikolai Greenstone | ||||
Rock description | Nikolai Greenstone | ||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
(1) | -143.63641, 61.63077 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Chistochina |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000011 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MC042 |
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, scale 1:63,360.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Basaltic Cu |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 08-AUG-1997 | Leonard, K.R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 08-AUG-1997 | Elliott, R.L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 08-AUG-1997 | Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |