Deposit ID | 10307826 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (along Kuskokwim River) |
Geographic coordinates: | -155.59093, 62.88745 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The unnamed occurrence is located along the banks of the Kuskokwim River about 8 kilometers due south of McGrath, Alaska and 1.5 kilometers due south of VABM About, at an elevation of about 400 feet (120 m) in the SE1/4 sec. 2, T. 32 N., R. 34 W., of the Seward Meridian. The occurrence corresponds to prospect #1 of Cobb (1972) and prospect #13 of Bundtzen and Laird (1983; field no. 77BT230). |
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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 |
Nickel | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Pyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
(1) | -155.59093, 62.88745 |
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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 | MG007 |
Brooks, A.H., and Martin, G. C. 1921, The Alaska mining industry in 1919: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 59-95.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-379, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.
Bundtzen, T.K., and Laird, G.M., 1983, Geologic map of the McGrath D-6 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 79, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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 | 25-NOV-98 | T.K. Bundtzen | Pacific Rim Geological Consulting |