Double Mountain

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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 10001762
MRDS ID A012549
Record type Site
Current site name Double Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.83331, 68.74986 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality 47 of Brosge and Reiser (1976, sheet 4); about 1 mi (1.6 km) west southwest of Double Mountain (peak 6750); located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Table Mountain C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Table Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Table Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.83331, 68.74986

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Azurite present in volcanic rocks; sample is of quartz veins in green slate and volcanic rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Quartz vein samples contain 0.5% Cu, 0.15% Pb, and 2.8 ppm Ag (Barker, 1981, p. 33, loc. 22).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-1992 K.R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1992 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.