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Unnamed (northeast of mouth of Walla Walla Creek)

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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10308310
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (northeast of mouth of Walla Walla Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.45123, 64.56035 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on the coast of Norton Bay, 1 mile northeast of the mouth of Walla Walla Creek. Walla Walla Creek is on the east side of Darby Peninsula. It is locality 65 of Gamble (1988).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon C-1 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Calc-silicate development may be present.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -162.45123, 64.56035
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A tourmaline-bearing skarn was noted at this location (Gamble, 1988). Bedrock here is Paleozoic marble and the Darby pluton is exposed about 2.4 miles to the northwest (Till and others, 1986).
  • Age = Not known; probably mid-Cretaceous or younger. K/Ar ages for the nearby Darby pluton are 88.3 +/- 1.5 and 92.8 +/- 2.6 Ma (Berry and others, 1976).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Council

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = There are no known workings or exploration activities at this locality.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gamble, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Tourmaline-bearing skarn in marble.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-99 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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