Unnamed (west of Walker Lake)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308343
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (west of Walker Lake)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.4234, 67.10959 (WGS84)
Relative position This site represents a northwest-trending 2-mile-long area along a ridge 1.5 miles west of Walker Lake. The coordinates are for the center of the area, in the N1/12 of sec. 26, T. 20 N., R. 20 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 2000 ft. Localities 71 and 72 of Grybeck and Nelson (1981) are at either end of the area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass C(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)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Local iron staining.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.4234, 67.10959

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = These occurrences consist of grab samples that contained up to 2.5 ppm Au, 2 ppm Ag, 1000 ppm Ba, 810 ppm Cu, 30 ppm Mo, and 2000 ppm V. Some samples are not described, others include iron-stained greenschist (Garland and others, 1975, ADGGS OFR 66).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Degenhart and others, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-OCT-99 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.