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Kady Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021684
MRDS ID DE00935
Record type Site
Current site name Kady Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.01191, 68.19961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Killik River A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Killik River S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Killik River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Killik River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST : GATES OF THE ARTIC NATIONAL PARK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result UP TO 21% ZN, 2% CU, 150 PPM AG, 500 PPM PB, AND 0.20 PPM AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.01191, 68.19961
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS UP TO 0.6 M WIDE
  • General form VEINS UP TO 0.6 M WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1986
Discoverer Karen Duttweiler Kelley And Stan Church

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District (Named By Bureau Of Mines)

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • NATURE OF DISCOVERY BY FOLLOW-UP GEOCHEMISTRY ; ECON.COM: EXTREMELY REMOTE AREA WITHIN NATIONAL PARK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUTTWEILER, K.A., 1987, USE OF FACTOR ANALYSIS IN LOCATING BASE-METAL MINERALIZATION IN THE KILLIK RIVER QUADRANGLE, ALASKA, IN HAMILTON, T.D., AND GALLOWAY, T.P. EDS., GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN ALASKA BY THE USGS DURING 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 998, P 27-30.

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, K.D., AND KELLEY, D.L., 1991, RECONNAISSANCE EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE, NORTHERN ALASKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPLORATION OF SEDIMENT-HOSTED ZINC-LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS: JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, IN PRESS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AERIAL EXTENT AROUND 1.3 KM SQUARED
Deposit USGS WORK: DETAILED ROCK SAMPLING; PART OF AMRAP STUDY NON USGS WORK: BUREAU OF MINES DID DETAILED MAPPING AND SAMPLING; SUMMER 1991 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Kelley, Karen Duttweiler 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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