Deposit ID | 10308923 |
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MRDS ID | A011395 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Orange Hill |
Related records | 10258737 |
Geographic coordinates: | -142.84454, 62.20549 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Best location: Richter, 1973, USGS I-789, loc. 2; on California Gulch. Accurate within 200 feet radius. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Molybdenum | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Silver | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Molybdenite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Gypsum | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 79 |
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USGS model code | 21a |
Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
Mark3 model number | 2 |
(1) | -142.84454, 62.20549 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Chisana |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NB043 | |
USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011395 | |
USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000306 |
Moffit, F.H., 1943, Geology of the Nutzotin Mountains, Alaska, with a section on the igneous rocks, by R. C. Wayland, and Gold deposits near Nabesna, by R. C. Wayland, 1943: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 933-B, p. 103-199.
Van Alstine, R.E., and Black, R.F., 1944, Mineral deposits at Orange, Hill, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76, 16 p., 1 sheet.
Moffit, F.H., 1954, Geology of the eastern part of the Alaska Range and adjacent area: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 989-D, p. 63-218.
Richter, D.H., 1973, Reconnaissance geological map of the Nabesna A-1 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map 1-789, scale 1:63,360.
Richter, D.H., Singer, D.A., and Cox, D.P., 1975, Mineral resources map of the Nabesna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-655-K, scale 1:250,000.
Hollister, V.F., Anzalone, S.A., and Richter, D.H., 1975, Porphyry copper belts of southern Alaska and contiguous Yukon Territory: CIM (Canadian Mining and Metallurgical) Bulletin, v. 68, no. 756, p. 104-112.
Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., 1970, Geochemical data from the Nabesna A-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-276, 14 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Porphyry, stockwork, skarn |
Deposit | Other Comments = This record contains data which apply to both the porphyry Cu and the associated contact metamorphic (skarn) deposits at Orange Hill; for data specific to contact metamorphic deposits, see Lemon prospect (NB044). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 27-JAN-1997 | Leonard, K.R. (Elliott, R.L.); Nokleberg, W.J.; Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |