Margerie Glacier South

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10258216
MAS/MILS ID	0021110152
Record type	Site
Current site name	Margerie Glacier South

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-137.03133, 58.98832 (WGS84)
Elevation	701
Location accuracy	500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Copper River	033 S	050 E	23	NWSESW	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Calcite	Unknown
Pyrite	Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-137.03133, 58.98832	ListMap

Ore body information

Area

1HA

Field	Value
Type of Orebody #1	SHEAR ZONE
Shape of Orebody #1	TABULAR
Primary mode of Origin	HYDROTHERMAL
Primary Ore Control	FRACTURING
Degree of Wallrock Alter.	SLIGHT
Type of Wallrock Alter. #1	PYRITIZATION
Total Surface Area (HA)	1
Date of Last Modification	830408

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1968

Mining district

District name	Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category	National Wilderness

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0021110152

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OF78-494 p. C170, plates 1A, 1B, 2

Comments on the references

MOERLEIN, GEORGE, A., 1968A,

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NO ALASKA KARDEX.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	12-FEB-1988	Wlg	U.S. Bureau of Mines