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Unnamed (near Kiwalik River)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Lead
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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 10308797
MRDS ID A013482
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Kiwalik River)
Related records 10002539

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.48333, 65.46939 (WGS84)
Relative position Occurrence is 0.1 mile southwest of peak 1380 on Weather Ridge. The site is in section 24, T. 1 N., R. 14 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 6, and Miller and Elliott (1969), figure 2, sample location 36.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • Tourmaline alteration along closely spaced fractures.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.48333, 65.46939
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is located adjacent to the mid-Cretaceous Quartz Creek pluton, a hook-shaped, quartz monzonite body. The pluton is surrounded by a N 15 W-trending alteration zone about 18 miles long and 2 to 5 miles wide. The alteration zone is in Jurassic-Cretaceous andesitic volcanic rocks, and is marked by carbonate-quartz replacement, and tourmaline. Fine-grained dikes of varying composition cut the andesites near the pluton. Dikes near the Quartz Creek pluton are locally mineralized. At this occurrence, disseminated scheelite occurs in pyrite-tourmaline-quartz vein material in frost-riven rubble near the contact between andesite and quartz monzonite. A grab sample from location 36 contained 500 ppm Cu, 150 ppm Pb, and greater than 1% W (Miller and Elliott, 1969).
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The area has been mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey and examined by various exploration companies.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Miller and Elliott, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Scheelite in pyrite-tourmaline-quartz veins.
Deposit Other Comments = This site is one of numerous occurrences of argentiferous galena, sphalerite, pyrite and arsenopyrite in an 18-mile-long, 2- to 5-mile-wide zone of altered andesite surrounding the Quartz Creek quartz monzonite pluton. The altered zone trends N 15 W, across the drainage basins of Quartz Creek and the Kiwalik River.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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