Deposit ID | 10307850 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Farewell Mineral Licks |
Geographic coordinates: | -153.60885, 62.49449 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Farewell Mineral Licks are located just east of a low saddle about 6 kilometers due south of Farewell Lake Lodge at an elevation of 960 feet (293 m) in the NE1/4 sec. 30, T. 28 N., R. 23 W., of the Seward Meridian. The reporter investigated the site in 1980 and 1981. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Iron | Primary |
Manganese | Primary |
Potassium | Secondary |
Sodium | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Dolomite | Gangue |
(1) | -153.60885, 62.49449 |
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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 | MG039 |
Bundtzen, T.K., Kline, J.T., and Clough, J.G., 1982, Preliminary geologic map of the McGrath B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File report 149, 22 pages, one sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Kline, J.T., and Bundtzen, T.K., 1986, Two glacial records from west-central Alaska, in Hamilton, T.D., Reed, K.M., and Thorson, Robert, eds., Glaciation in Alaska: Alaska Geological Society Special Volume, p. 123-150.
Bundtzen, T.K., Harris, E.E., and Gilbert, W.G., 1997, Geologic Map of the eastern McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14, 34 pages, one sheet, scale 1:125,000.
Kline, J.T., and Pinney, D.S., 1997, Derivative map of geological materials and hazards in the eastern half, McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14b, one sheet, scale, 1:125,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Unknown; possibly hot springs related. |
Deposit | Other Comments = See White Mountain Mercury Mine (MG025) and the Peggy Barbara (MG026) and Mary Margaret (MG027) prospects. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 04-DEC-98 | T.K. Bundtzen | Pacific Rim Geological Consulting |