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Kougarok River Lode

Occurrence 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184635
MRDS ID A012712
MAS/MILS ID 0020440032
Record type Site
Current site name Kougarok River Lode
Alternate or previous names Kougarok, Kugruk, Taylor
Related records 10100981, 10233399

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -164.8001, 65.68262 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 003 N 030 W 01 SESESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -164.8001, 65.68262
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS COMPLEXLY FAULTED PRE-ORD. METASEDIMENTARY AND MAFIC VOLCANIC OR INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATES. QUARTZ VEIN BEARING COPPER-SULFIDE IS PRESENT IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE. REF. POINT IS AT CONFLUENCE OF TAYLOR CR. & KOUGAROK RIVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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