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Tourmaline No 2 Claim

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094093
MRDS ID A016015
Record type Site
Current site name Tourmaline No 2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.14897, 65.52455 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 700 FT S 35 DEGREES E OF LUTHER PROSPECT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Diomede Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS CIRCULR 214, PLATE 1, CLAIM P. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE VEIN: UP TO 1.0% EU, AVG. 0.05% EU OVERALL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Brooks Mt. Pluton; Porphyritic-Seriate Biotite Granite
    Rock description Brooks Mt. Pluton; Porphyritic-Seriate Biotite Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.14897, 65.52455
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRCULAR 214, P. 4-6

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-426-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NETWORKS OF QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS FROM LESS THAN 1 INCH TO 4 INCHES WIDE IN JOINT FRACTURES: ZEUNERITE AND HEMATITE IN OPEN SPACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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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