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Uk Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite, Cadmium
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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. Ore body information
  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 10096767
MRDS ID A010670
Record type Site
Current site name Uk Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wulik

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.20374, 68.1661 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within 2000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Long Mountains A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

De Long Mountains SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

De Long Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wulik-Kivalina Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Cadmium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Us Burne Group;Us Burne Group;Us Burne Group
    Rock description Us Burne Group;Us Burne Group;Us Burne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.20374, 68.1661
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSE, POD
    Thickness 10M
    Length 1600M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Us Burne District

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-767, P. A11

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 79-1092, P. 17

  • Reserve-Resource

    USGS OFR 81-767

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATIFORM DEPOSIT OF BARITE IN LENSES & PODS AS MUCH AS 10 M THICK AND 1600 M LONG. FINE GRAINED SPHAERITE AND GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-94 Mosier, Dan 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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