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Wood

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308719
Record type Site
Current site name Wood

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.6635, 67.53958 (WGS84)
Relative position The Wood prospect is at an elevation of about 2500 feet in a canyon in the west wall of the Kugrak River. It is in the NW1/4NW1/4 sec. 26, T. 25 N., R. 14 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. The site corresponds with locality 10 of Grybeck and Nelson (1981). Location accurate to within 2000 ft.

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

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

Survey Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(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
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.6635, 67.53958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The deposit consists of a quartz vein that cuts massive gray limestone and black phyllite, of the Devonian-Silurian Skagit Limstone (Grybeck and Nelson, 1981). Assays of the vein show copper values. Prospect located in 1970's by private industry; probably more an occurrence than a prospect and apparently very limited in extent.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Noatak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Work apparently restricted to limited surface sampling of outcrops.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grybeck and Nelson, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Quartz vein containing copper values.
Deposit Other Comments = Located within Gates of the Arctic National Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1999 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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