Diane Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10111387
MRDS ID	A011890
Record type	Site
Current site name	Diane Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-156.22345, 67.14955 (WGS84)
Relative position	Located on ridge, at 2000 ft. (600 m) elevation, east of the Kogoluktuk River in T. 20 N., R. 12 E., Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m). Same as locality 43 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978).???

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambler River A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ambler River(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
Zinc Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bornite	Ore
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	184
USGS model code	28a
Deposit model name	Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number	93

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist
Rock unit name	Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75;Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75
Rock description	Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75;Ambler Sequence; Adggs Gr 75

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-156.22345, 67.14955	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Sparsely disseminated chalcopyrite, bornite, sphalerite and pyrrhotite in float samples of mineralized outcrop.

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 = Surface exploration.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A011890
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	AR023

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Hitzman, M.W., Smith, T.E., and Proffett, J.M., Jr., 1982, Bedrock geology of the Ambler district, southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 75, 2 sheets.
Deposit

Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Hitzman and others, 1982?

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Kuroko

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	26-OCT-1992	K.R. Leonard	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	26-OCT-1992	R.L. Elliott	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	26-OCT-1992	J.M. Schmidt	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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