| Deposit ID | 10308343 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed (west of Walker Lake) |
| 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. |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| (1) | -154.4234, 67.10959 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|
| District name | Shungnak |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SP041 |
Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1978, Mineral appraisal of the proposed Gates of the Arctic Wilderness National Park, Alaska, A preliminary comment: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 109-78, 29 p., 4 sheets.
Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1979, Mineral deposits of the Alatna, John, Killik and Kobuk River area and the North Fork of the Koyukuk River, Brooks Range, Alaska--A summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 36-79, 23 p., 1 sheet.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-OCT-99 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |
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