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Unnamed Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002554
MRDS ID A013497
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.13784, 65.61404 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 5.3 MILES SE OF KOUGAROK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-426, LOC. 18; USGS OF 377 (OF 69-236), P. 22 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CU CONTENT OF MINEABLE TONNAGES PROBABLY DOES NOT EXCEED 0.1%. TRACES PF AI PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.13784, 65.61404
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE MASSES OF CONTORTED CARBONATE ABOVE THRUST FAULTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED BY SILICA. INTENSELY SILICIFIED CARBONATE ROCKS (MOSTLY MARBLE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kougarok

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL ADITS DRIVEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADITS IN CONTORTED SILICIFIED CARBONATE EXPOSE MINUTE AMOUNTS OF COPPER SULFIDES ALMOST ENTIRELY RESTRICTED TO STRONG VERTICAL JOINTS. TRACES OF GOLD IN RICHER SPECIMENS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

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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