| Deposit ID | 10000481 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010662 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arctic Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Arctic Camp |
| Geographic coordinates: | -156.38957, 67.18011 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 90M |
| Length | 1030M |
| Width | 730M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1965 |
| District name | Shungnak District |
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| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott (Bear Creek) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010662 |
USGS OFR 81-570, P. A3
ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 41
| 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 |
| 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 |
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