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Unnamed (east of Kaluluktok Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Tin
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001207
MRDS ID A011920
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (east of Kaluluktok Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.55955, 67.36154 (WGS84)
Relative position The site is at an elevation of about 5100 feet on a ridge about 3 miles east of Kaluluktok Creek. It is in the SW1/4 of sec. 25, T. 23 N., R. 19 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location accurate to within 1000 ft. The site corresponds to locality 46 of Grybeck and Nelson (1981).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic 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
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Skajit Limestone; Marble With Interlayered Chlorite Schist
    Rock description Skajit Limestone; Marble With Interlayered Chlorite Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.55955, 67.36154
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of a network of quartz veins that cut Paleozoic dolomitic marble. The veins contain small amounts of chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite. Samples of the veins contained 30 ppm Sn and 2 ppm Ag (Grybeck and Nelson, 1981).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grybeck and Nelson, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Located within Gates of the Arctic National Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-1999 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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