Arctic Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000481
MRDS ID A010662
Record type Site
Current site name Arctic Prospect
Alternate or previous names Arctic Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.38957, 67.18011 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambler River A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ambler River(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE & SPHALERITE COMPRISE 20-90 % OF SULFIDE HORIZONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Small Gossan Cap

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Chronological age 360
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
    Chronological age 360
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) Das

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 90M
    Length 1030M
    Width 730M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT METAMORPHOSED ABOUT 90 M.Y. AGO. IGNEOUS AND PELITIC SCHISTS (LOW TO MED GRADE). DEV AGE UNCERTAIN (POORLY PRESERVED FOSSILS).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name Shungnak District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott (Bear Creek)

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY BE SUITABLE FOR OPEN PIT MINING

Comments on development

  • VERY EXTENSIVE DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 78-120I

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-570, P. A3

  • Deposit

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1960'S
Deposit SULFIDE HORIZONS .3 TO 9 M THICK. SULFIDES OCCUR AS DISSEMINATIONS AND AS MASSIVE LAYERS PARALLEL TO FOLIATION AND BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 10-JUN-92 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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