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Vabm Apex

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160054
MAS/MILS ID 0020200033
Record type Site
Current site name Vabm Apex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -157.29256, 68.38427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Pass B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska(National Petroleum Reserve)

National Petroleum Reserve BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Umiat 012 S 027 W 20 SWSWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Mk
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURANCE LIES NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE MISHEGUK MOUNTAIN ALLOCHTHON, COMPOSED OF JURASSIC OLIVINE GABBRO. SAMPLES CONTAINED 6943PPM COPPER, 15PPB PLATNIUM, 8PPB PALLADIUM, AND 24 PPM NICKEL. NO COPPER SULFIDE MINERALS WERE RECOGNIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1991

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOLEY,J.Y., D.C. DAHLIN, C.L. MARDOCK, AND W.K. O'CONNOR.

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISSANCE INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS AND

  • Deposit

    PLATNIUM-GROUP METALS IN THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE,

  • Deposit

    NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. BUMINES OFR-80-92, 1992, 68PP.

  • Deposit

    MEYER, M.P., AND J.M. KURTAK. RESULTS OF THE 1992 U.S.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES COLVILLE MINING DISTRICT STUDY. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    OFR 12-93, 1993, 35PP.

  • Deposit

    MULL, C.G., UNPUBLISHED MAP OF THE HOWARD PASS QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    ,1992. AVAILABLE FROM J.M. KURTAK, USBM, ALASKA FIELD

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS CENTER, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-1994 Pld U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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