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Vidlee 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021685
MRDS ID DE00936
Record type Site
Current site name Vidlee Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.2869, 68.12461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

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)

Upper Colville 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

  • ELEVATION ESTIMATED LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 25% ZN, 1% CU, 1.5-2% PB, 200-1000 PPM AG, 0.75 AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.2869, 68.12461
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Economic information

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

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 REMOSTE AREA; WITHIN NATIONAL PARK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUTTWEILER, K.A., 1987, USE OF FACTOR ANALYSIS IN LOCATING BASE-METAL MINERALIZATIN 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 EXPOSED OVER LATERAL DISTANCE OF 25 M
Deposit USGS WORK: DETAILED ROCK SAMPLING; PART OF AMRAP STUDY NON USGS WORK: BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLED IN 1991 (SUMMER) ; 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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