Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SB019; north of Anchor Bay), Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USAi

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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SB019; north of Anchor Bay)	- not defined -
Lake and Peninsula Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

This site is located on land interim-conveyed to, or patented or selected by, the Bristol Bay Native corporation.
Location: This occurrence is on the Alaska Peninsula approximately 2,500 feet north of Anchor Bay. It is referred to as SBRGX-45 in Wilson and others (1988, locality 19). The map site is at an elevation of about 500 feet, 0.17 mile southeast of the top of hill 1040. The location is accurate to within 2,500 feet.
Geology: This occurrence is hosted by volcanic units of the Eocene to Oligocene Meshik Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). It consists of fractured and iron-stained volcanic flows cut by pyrite-bearing, vuggy quartz veins (Wilson and others, 1988). One sample collected by the U.S. Geological Survey is reported to contain anomalous values in arsenic and copper (Angeloni and others, 1985; Wilson and others, 1988).
Workings: Rock sample 83AYb509, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980's, was reported to be anomalous in copper and arsenic (Angeloni and others, 1985; Wilson and others, 1988).
Age: Eocene or younger.
Alteration: Iron-staining.

Commodities (Major) - Cu; (Minor) - As
Deposit Model: Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	SB019

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