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Unnamed (Muck Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10308801
MRDS ID A015712
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (Muck Creek)
Related records 10209190, 10003177

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.52337, 65.7594 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at the head of Muck Creek, an informally named, north-flowing tributary to Hunter Creek. The map site is in section 14, T. 4 N., R. 14 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 25.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = uranothorianite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.52337, 65.7594
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Muck Creek area is underlain by Upper Cretaceous granitic rocks that may contain uranium-bearing minerals (Gault and others, 1953). Two pan-concentrate samples of stream gravels contained 0.125% and 0.16% equivalent uranium. Heavy minerals from the concentrate include garnet, hornblende, augite, sphene, zircon, epidote, apatite, schleeite, powellite, ilmenite, hematite, limonite, magnetite, uranothorianite, and pyrite.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous; Quaternary.

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 = Two pan-concentrate samples were collected and analyzed for uranium content by the U.S. Geological Survey (Gault and others, 1953).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient approximately 150 feet per mile.

Reporter information

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

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

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