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VABM Orphan

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Thorium, Uranium, Copper, Zinc
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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 10090192
MRDS ID A106086
Record type Site
Current site name VABM Orphan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.22305, 67.60987 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is between locality 4b of Barker (1981, p.25) and locality 2 of Barker and Clautice (1978, p. 14); north side of Rapid River in headwaters area and 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of VABM Orphan; 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 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
Lead Primary
Thorium Primary
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.22305, 67.60987
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Soil anomalies up to 52 ppm U, 36 ppm Th, 2400 ppm Pb, 1360 ppm Zn and 120 ppm Cu, and a radiometric anomaly of 400 cps, occur in a 2400 foot x 600 foot area of tundra (Barker, 1981, p. 97-98). Nearby float is tourmaline- and muscovite-bearing aplite of the Old Crow Batholith.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

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.

  • 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; felsic-plutonic related U-th +Pb, Zn, Cu

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1992 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey

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