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Malfiatti

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001157
MRDS ID A011854
Record type Site
Current site name Malfiatti

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.99357, 67.52951 (WGS84)
Relative position Located near the headwaters of Akiak Creek in T. 25 N., R. 2 W., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 5 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).???

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambler River C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ambler River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kobuk Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Unknown copper minerals

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.99357, 67.52951
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Old copper prospect at limestone-schist contact (Brooks, 1914, p. 72).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kiana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1914, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1913: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592, p. 340-341.

  • Deposit

    Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.

  • Deposit

    Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brooks, 1914

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Minor occurrence located within Kobuk Valley National Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAY-1997 K.R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-MAY-1997 R.L. Elliott U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-MAY-1997 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-MAY-1997 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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