Deposit ID | 10096779 |
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MRDS ID | A011886 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Horse Creek |
Alternate or previous names | Cliff, Dh, Lost |
Geographic coordinates: | -156.70349, 67.30955 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Located north of VABM Ruby on ridge between Ambler and Shungnak Rivers in sec. 17, T. 22 N., R. 10 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 39 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).? |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Zinc | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Bornite | Ore |
Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Sericite | Gangue |
Model code | 184 |
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USGS model code | 28a |
Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
Mark3 model number | 93 |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
Rock unit name | Ambler Sequence;Ambler Sequence |
Rock description | Ambler Sequence;Ambler Sequence |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
Rock unit name | Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75;Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75 |
Rock description | Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75;Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75 |
(1) | -156.70349, 67.30955 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Shungnak |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011886 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | AR029 |
Degenhart, C.E., and Bigelow, C.G., 1974, Preliminary minerals evaluation NANA Regional Corporation selection lands: WGM, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, unpublished report, 84 p. (Report held by NANA Regional Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska).
Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Sicherman, H.A., Russell, R.H., and Fikkan, P.R., 1976, The geology and mineralization of the Ambler district, Alaska: Spokane, Washington, Bear Creek Mining Company, 22 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Kuroko |
Deposit | Other Comments = This massive sulfide prospect is in the Ambler schist belt. Nana Develpment Corporation information based on a 1984 unpublished Bear Creek Exploration report. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 30-APR-1997 | K.R. Leonard | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 30-APR-1997 | R.L. Elliott | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 30-APR-1997 | J.M. Schmidt | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 30-APR-1997 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |