Alaska
Prospect

Rick's

Alaska, United States
CopperChromiumNickelMagnesiteSilverArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Chromium
SecondaryNickel, Magnesite, Silver, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsAzurite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Magnesite, Magnetite, Malachite
Geology
AlterationThe peridotite contains areas of serpentinite. The underlying siliceous carbonate rocks also contain areas of serpentinite; interpreted to have been altered to serpentinite by a CO2-rich fluid (Southworth, 1985).
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308784
MRDS IDA012490
Alternate namesRick's Prospect, Rick's Creek, Rick's Nickel, Nickel Creek, Nail Allochthon, Nail Ridge
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.75472, -144.87485
References
Prindle, L.M., 1905, The gold placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks regions, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 251, 89 p.Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Foster, H.L., Albert, N.R.D., Griscom, Andrew, Hessin, T.D., Menzie, W.D., Turner, D.L, and Wilson, F.H., 1979, The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 783, 19 p.Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-388, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.Southworth, D.D., 1985, Geologic and geochemical investigation of the 'Nail' allochthon, east-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 176-84, 19 p.Saunders, R.H., 1954, Report on the examination of the Ricks prospect, Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 59-1, 15 p.Joesting, H.R., 1942, Strategic mineral occurences in interior Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 1, 46 p.