Deposit ID | 10307473 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (southwest of Monsoon Lake) |
Geographic coordinates: | -146.6907, 62.77863 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The occurrence is near the east end of a six-mile-long, east-trending ridge about 7 to 9 miles south of the Maclaren River. The occurrence is about 4 miles south-southwest of the center of Monsoon Lake. It is in the SE1/4NE1/4, section 34, T. 12 N., R. 8 W., Copper River Meridian, and is located accurately within 1000 feet. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Bornite | Ore |
Chalcocite | Ore |
Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Model code | 90 |
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USGS model code | 24a |
Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Cyprus |
Mark3 model number | 11 |
Host or associated | Host | ||||
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(1) | -146.6907, 62.77863 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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District name | Chistochina |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | GU002 |
Castle, B., and Degenhart, C., 1978, Lichen Greenstone Belt, v. 9, 1977 Annual Progress Report, Ahtna Project: Anchorage, Alaska, WGM, Inc., 22 p., maps and appendices. (Report held by Ahtna Minerals Co., Anchorage, Alaska).
Arehart, G.B., 1982, Reconnaissance geology/geochemistry of the Alphabet Hills, Gulkana Quadrangle, Alaska: Noranda Exploration, 4 p., maps and appendices. (Report held by Ahtna Minerals Co., Anchorage, Alaska).
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 24a) |
Deposit | Other Comments = It is likely that detailed prospecting will find numerous, additional small occurrence of copper sulfide minerals in metamorphosed andesite and basalt in the area. Additional information can be obtained from Ahtna Minerals in Anchorage, Alaska. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 20-DEC-00 | W.T. Ellis | Alaska Earth Sciences | |
Reporter | 20-DEC-00 | Hawley, C.C. | Hawley Resource Group | |
Reporter | 20-DEC-00 | W.J. Nokleberg | U.S. Geological Survey |