Eastview Prospect, Yentna Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAi

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Eastview Prospect	Prospect
Yentna Mining District	Mining District
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

MAS/MIL number 20760010.
Location: The Eastview prospect is at an elevation of about 4,000 feet on the ridge at the head of Hyphen Creek. The prospect is south of Middle Fork Iron Creek and about 0.3 mile southeast of the top of hill 5066, in the NW1/4NE14 sec. 22, T. 26 N., R. 2 E., Seward Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1/4 mile. This is locality 71 of Csejtey and Miller (1978).
Geology: Basalt float at the Eastview prospect contains banded quartz, hematite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite; the chalcopyrite is locally abundant (Capps, 1919 [B 692]). The rocks in the vicinity are Triassic(?) basalt (Schmidt and others, 2002). Samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines contain up to 23,000 parts per million copper and 6 parts per million silver (Fechner, 1986).
Workings: Three open cuts did not reach bedrock. Samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines contain up to 23,000 parts per million copper and 6 parts per million silver (Fechner, 1986).
Age: Occurs in Triassic(?) basalt.

Commodities (Major) - Cu; (Minor) - Ag, Fe
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Basaltic Cu (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 23)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	TK078

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