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Unnamed (south-southeast of Koyuk)

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308017
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (south-southeast of Koyuk)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.12205, 64.89829 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is located 600 feet inland from the beach of Norton Bay, just south of the mouth of the Koyuk River and about 2.5 miles south-southeast of the village of Koyuk. The location is accurate within 1 mile.

Site location context

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Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norton Bay D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Norton Bay N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norton Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Koyuk 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sample 30 of Berryhill (1962) was a concentrate of 15 pans of creek sands collected 600 feet inland from the beach. The sample contained a trace of scheelite.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = One sample of panned concentrates was collected from this location; it contained a trace of scheelite (Berryhill, 1962).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Berryhill, R.V., 1962, Reconnaissance sampling of beach and rivermouth deposits, Norton Bay and Kotzebue Sound, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1, 13 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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