Deposit ID | 10307759 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Nunatak (south of Snowcap Mountain) |
Geographic coordinates: | -153.62525, 61.40626 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This occurrence is at an elevation of 5,500 feet on the south end of a small nunatak, 3.25 miles south of Snowcap Mountain. It is in the NW1/4 section 8, T 15 N, R 24 W, of the Seward Meridian. This location is accurate; other vein occurrences are within a quarter of a mile of this location (Gamble and others, 1989). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Cobalt | Secondary |
Nickel | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Alloclasite | Ore |
Arsenopyrite | Ore |
Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Erythrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Glaucodot | Ore |
Magnetite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Amphibole | Gangue |
Apatite | Gangue |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Epidote | Gangue |
Plagioclase | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Clinopyroxene | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
(1) | -153.62525, 61.40626 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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District name | McGrath |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | LH025 |
Gamble, B.M., Bailey, E. A., and Reed, B. L., 1989, Gold occurrences near Snowcap Mountain, Lime Hills B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-0646, 8 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 22c) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-JUN-01 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology | |
Reporter | 10-JUN-01 | Madelyn A. Millholland | Millholland & Associates |