Snowstorm Group

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10093935
MRDS ID	A010348
Record type	Site
Current site name	Snowstorm Group
Alternate or previous names	Anderson Group
Related records	10258584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.54813, 60.98124 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary
Copper	Secondary
Zinc	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.54813, 60.98124	ListMap

Ore body information

Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery method	Ore-Mineral In Place

Comments on the workings information

65 FOOT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010348

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINES HANDBOOK, V. 14, 1920, NEW YORK, W.H. REED, P. 162.
Deposit

USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 182
Deposit

USGS OPEN FILE 80-821, P. 26

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	QUARTZ VEIN IN LIMESTONE CARRIES UNSPECIFIED AMOUNTS OF AU, AG, CU, AND ZN

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1984	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey