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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003346
MRDS ID A106092
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.56302, 67.28986 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality 12 of Barker and Clautice (1978, p. 14) in Upper Ramparts area of Porcupine Canyon, 2.5 mi (4 km) downstream from confluence of White Mountain Creek; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Coleen SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.56302, 67.28986
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Anomalous base metal values characterize deformed lower Paleozoic sequence.

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 = Up to 500 ppm copper, 200 ppm lead, and 7 ppm silver in stream sediment and rock samples

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C., and Clautice, K.H., 1978, Mineral reconnaissance of the Porcupine River region: a summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 87-78, 20 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker and Clautice (1978)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

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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