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Nanook Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003104
MRDS ID A015636
Record type Site
Current site name Nanook Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.08351, 69.52984 (WGS84)
Relative position Accurate to within 2,220 meters (4,000 ft). Brosge' and Reiser, 1976, Localities 6 and 7; Grybeck, 1977, p. 39, Locality 1.

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 C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Mount Michelson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Canning River(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
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Copper (native)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Ore
Malachite Ore
Copper Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.08351, 69.52984
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Native copper and malachite and azurite stains are present at two localities in basalt that is locally amygdalordal. Azurite and malachite is present in breccia zone in Devonian or older dolomite overlying the basalt.??These dolomites are likely part of the Katakturuk Dolomite which depositionally overlies the basalt in which the copper is present. The Katakturuk Dolomite is considered Proterozic in age and hence the basalt also likely is Proterozoic in age.
  • Age = Probably Proterozoic

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., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosg?, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.

  • Deposit

    Brosge', W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1976, Preliminary geologic and mineral resource maps (excluding petroleum), Arctic National Wildlife Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-539, 4 sheets, scale 1:500,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brosge' and Reiser, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Basalt-hosted Cu

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

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