Deposit ID | 10307823 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Candle-East |
Geographic coordinates: | -155.80193, 62.85445 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Candle-East occurrence is located on a low bluff immediately south of the Sterling Landing-Ophir Road at an elevation of 1,000 feet (304 m) in the SW1/4 sec. 14, T. 32 N., R. 35 W., of the Seward Meridian. The Candle-East occurrence corresponds to prospects #6 and #7 in Bundtzen and Laird (1983). The reporter visited the site in 1977, 1979, and 1997. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Goethite | Ore |
Biotite | Gangue |
Tourmaline | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
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Rock unit name | Candle | ||||||
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(1) | -155.80193, 62.85445 |
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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 | MG004 |
Bundtzen, T.K., and Laird, G.M., 1983, Geologic map of the McGrath D-6 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 79, 1:63,360 scale.
Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 25-NOV-98 | T.K. Bundtzen | Pacific Rim Geological Consulting |