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Sharp Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094010
MRDS ID A011916
Record type Site
Current site name Sharp Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.78345, 67.18957 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect, locally called Sharp Creek, is at an elevation of about 3000 feet, approximately 6.5 miles northwest of Mauneluk River. It is in the SW1/4 of sec. 21, T. 21 N., R. 14 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location accurate to within 2000 ft. The site corresponds to locality 56 of Grybeck and Nelson (1981).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Skajit Limestone; Dominantly Marble With Some Interlayered Chlorite Schist
    Rock description Skajit Limestone; Dominantly Marble With Some Interlayered Chlorite Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.78345, 67.18957
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Sharp Creek prospect consists of minor chalcopyrite in surface exposures of Paleozoic chlorite-muscovite schist that occur within the Skajit Limestone (Nelson and Grybeck, 1980).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Minor mapping and surface exploration by industry (Grybeck and Nelson, 1981).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Nelson, S.W., and Grybeck, D.J., 1980, Geologic map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grybeck and Nelson, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Chalcopyrite in metamorphic rocks.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-1999 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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