Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - UG008; west of Mount Lee near Burls Pass), Alaska Peninsula District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
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Location: This site is in T. 29 S, R. 43 W., of the Seward Meridan, west of Mount Lee (MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, location 8; Church and others, 1989: MF-1539I, locality 5). Site location is accurate to within 3 miles.
Geology: This site represents a lode claim for copper as indicated on U.S. Bureau of Mines maps in 1973. The area is underlain by sedimentary units of the Jurassic Naknek Formation (Detterman and others, 1987). It has been suggested that the mineralization may be related to a dike (Church and others, 1989: MF-1539I).
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Mineral List
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References
Church, S.E., Detterman, R.L., and Wilson, F.H., 1989, Mineral and energy resource assessment maps of the Ugashik, Bristol Bay, and western Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 1539-I, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000. Detterman, R.L., Case, J.E., Wilson, F.H., and Yount, M.E., 1987, Geologic map of the Ugashik, Bristol Bay, and part of the Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1685, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).
