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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003348
MRDS ID A106095
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.28612, 67.69182 (WGS84)
Relative position Located on west side of VABM Barren, about 8 mi (12.8 km) north of Rapid River and 8 mi (12.8 km) west of Yukon border (Barker, 1981, p. 99); not the same locality as VABM Barren shown as locality 3 of Barker (1981, p. 25). Located to within 1000 ft (305 m).

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

Coleen NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic/argillic, fine-grained secondary muscovite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.28612, 67.69182
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of highly fractured chloritized two-mica granite of the Old Crow Batholith, and is an area where the granite is slightly anomalous in B, Cu, Pb, Sn, U, Zn, and other minor elements (Barker, 1981, p.96).

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 = Composite sample of granite chips along 100 ft (305 m) of rubble contained 31 ppm uranium; 6 soil samples contained 15-21 ppm uranium (Barker, 1981, p. 96).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARKER, J.C., 1981, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE PORCUPINE RIVER DRAINAGE, ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 27-81, 189 P.

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C., 1981, Mineral investigations in the Porcupine River drainage, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 27-81, 189 p., 2 sheets.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker (1981)

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

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