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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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 10003405
MRDS ID A106162
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.75318, 68.39989 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is approximate center of area containing localities 543, 544, and 550 of Barker (1981, pl. A-3), in headwaters area of Lois Creek, about 8.5 mi (13.7 km) east of Bear Lake summit; 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

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

Table Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Table Mountain(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
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.75318, 68.39989
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Within granitic pluton intruding middle Paleozoic clastic and carbonate 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 = Stream sediment samples 544S and 550C contain up to 200 ppm Cu, 1500 ppm Pb, 3000 ppm Zn, and 30 ppm Mo (Barker, 1981, p. 141-142).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARKER, J.C., 1981, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN LANDS IN THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE, 1978: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 37-81, 288 P.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Unknown

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-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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