Unnamed (mouth of Stockley Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Nickel, Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10003070
MRDS ID A015595
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (mouth of Stockley Creek)
Related records 10184689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.85344, 66.98954 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is near the mouth of Stockley Creek, a tributary to upper Dahl Creek. The map site is in section 3, T. 18 N., R. 9 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb (1972, MF-448), location 2.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shungnak D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Shungnak NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shungnak(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

NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Asbestos Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.85344, 66.98954

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of nickel in asbestiform minerals in stream float (Anderson, 1945). A specimen of chrysotile and antigorite taken from the mouth of Stockley Creek was submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Mines for analysis. The samples returned good tests for nickel.

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

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Anderson, 1945

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Nickel in asbestiform minerals in stream float.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-99 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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