Strelna Creek

The Strelna Creek is a copper mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Strelna Creek

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 61.62111, -143.98194

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Strelna Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Strelna Creek
Secondary: Unnamed (upper Strelna Creek)


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Alaska
District: Chistochina


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation of Cu minerals


Rocks

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit and Maddren, 1909

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = 2-m-wide altered fault zone in Triassic Nikolai Greenstone, near contact with Triassic Chitistone Limestone, contains sporadically distributed pyrite-calcite veins exhibiting minor malachite staining.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode: vein, disseminated

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive


References

Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., 1905, Geology of the central Copper River region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 41, 133 p.

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., and Maddren, A.G., 1909, Mineral resources of the Kotsina-Chitina region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 374, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.


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