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Unnamed

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001159
MRDS ID A011856
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.13354, 67.45952 (WGS84)
Relative position Located in the Baird Mountains near the headwaters of Akillik River in T. 24 N., R. 3 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 7 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and is 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 B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River SW(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
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.13354, 67.45952
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Boulangerite (Pb5Sb4S11) in reddish - weathering dolomite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kiana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mayfield and Grybeck, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-1992 K.R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-OCT-1992 R.L. Elliott U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-OCT-1992 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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