Deposit ID | 10308470 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Fog |
Alternate or previous names | Steeple Mountain |
Geographic coordinates: | -168.26237, 53.26907 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Fog prospect is located approximately 1 1/2 miles southeast of VABM Ande and may correspond to Christie's (1974) color anomaly 29. The site is part of the Steeple Mountain prospect of Kennecott (Simpson, 1985; Bundtzen and others 1990, locality 25). The site location is accurate to within 1/2 mile.. This site is one of many occurrences or prospects that occur within a 5 square-mile area, mostly within T. 80 S., R. 131 W., of the Seward Meridian. The center of this area is approximately located at VABM Ande. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Arsenic | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Mercury | Secondary |
Molybdenum | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Molybdenite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 106 |
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USGS model code | 25b |
Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Creede |
Mark3 model number | 58 |
(1) | -168.26237, 53.26907 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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District name | Aleutian Islands |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | UK008 |
Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Randolph, D.B., and Ellis, W.T., 1989, Unalaska project, 1989 final report: Battle Mountain Exploration Company, Alaska District, 41 p., 5 appendices, 11 plates, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Deagen, J.R. and Moore, J.L., 1990, Alaska's mineral industry 1989: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 44, 100 p.
Simpson, D.F., 1986, Aleutian Islands project, 1985 final report: Kennecott-Alaska Exploration Company, 54 p. (Report held by the Aleut Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska).
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Creede epithermal veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 25b) |
Deposit | Other Comments = This site is on land conveyed, patented, or selected by the Aleut Native Corporation. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 27-JAN-00 | S.H. Pilcher | U.S. Geological Survey |