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Furs

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094058
MRDS ID A012567
Record type Site
Current site name Furs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.67177, 65.11473 (WGS84)
Relative position This site, a scheelite-bearing skarn bed, is located high on the ridge between the headwaters of Big Windy Creek and Puzzle Gulch, NW1/4 SE1/4 sec. 3, T. 3 N., R. 15 E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Steese National Conservation Area(National Conservation Area)

National Conservation Area BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.67177, 65.11473
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Country rock consists of high-grade pelitic schist with subordinate calcareous schist, marble and augen gneiss. The country rock is intruded by W-bearing granitic rocks. The carbonate rocks are metamorphosed to skarn near the intrusive contacts. Scheelite appears in skarn beds and local quartz monzonite. W values are up to 2000 ppm, with minor Sn, Mo, and Cu (D. Menzie, oral commun., 1986).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Contact metamorphic tungsten deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 14a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-SEP-98 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 09-SEP-98 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 09-SEP-98 Clements, A.S. Avalon Development Corporation

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