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Katak Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity 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 10003100
MRDS ID A015632
Record type Site
Current site name Katak Creek
Related records 10185087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.71343, 69.29986 (WGS84)
Relative position Outcrop along the Katak Creek about 10 kilometers (6 mi) east-northeast of Mount Chamberlin; accurate to within 760 meters (2,500 ft). Cobb, E.H., 1972, Location 4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Michelson B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Michelson SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Michelson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Camden Bay(hydrologic unit)

Eastern Arctic(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

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
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Kekiktuk
    Rock description Kekiktuk
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.71343, 69.29986
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Angular grains 0.1 to 0.8 millimeters across of cassiterite observed in thin section from in the Kekiktuk Conglomerate. Some cassiterite could still be present in contact zones of Romanzov Mountains granite, or in greisens and pyritic zones in the granite.
  • Age = Placer is Early Mississippian in age and lode from which the placer was likely derived is likely Early Devonian in age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Canning

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Michelson quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-462, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Reed, B.L., 1968, Geology of the Lake Peters area, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1236, 132 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-628, 106 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed, 1968.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Sn placer

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Schmidt, J.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Kelley, J.S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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