Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE150; southwest of Pyramid Peak), Bonnifield District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA

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Location: This prospect is at an elevation of about 4,400 feet, approximately 1.2 mile southwest of Pyramid Peak. The map site is in the NW1/4 of sec. 20, T. 17 S., R. 4 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1500 feet. This is location 24 of Cox and others (1989).
Geology: The country rocks in the area of this prospect are Upper Triassic shale and siltstone, cut by Lower Tertiary granite. The deposit is described as a gold- and copper-bearing polymetallic vein (Cox and others, 1989).
Workings: There has been surface exploration only.
Age: Probably Early Tertiary.

Commodities (Major) - Au, Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

References

Cox, D.P., Light, T.D., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Campbell, D.L., 1989, Mineral resource assessment map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2058-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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