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Unnamed (head Lucky Six Creek near Gull Pass)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony
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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 10001211
MRDS ID A011924
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (head Lucky Six Creek near Gull Pass)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.81348, 67.6096 (WGS84)
Relative position The site is based on early descriptions (Schrader 1904) of several mineral occurrences and minor placer gold production on Lucky Six Creek. The prospects were apparently not visited by Schrader, whose descriptions were but are based on reports of prospectors. Their exact location cannot now be determined. The map site is near the head of Lucky Six Creek, 0.5 miles west of Gull Pass in the NE1/4 of sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 18 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate to within 2000 ft. The site corrseponds to locality 28 in Grybeck and Nelson (1981).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.81348, 67.6096
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Schrader (1904) reported that six or more quartz veins, 10 to 75 ft. thick occur in a belt 6 miles long. The veins contain pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, malachite, and stibnite; they were reported to have been discovered in 1902-1903 by prospectors in the vicinity. The country rock in the area is marble interlayered with chlorite schist of the Devonian and Silurian Skajit Limestone (Nelson and Grybeck, 1980).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Noatak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Minor prospecting and exploration in the early 1900s.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Schrader, F.C., 1904, A reconnaissance in northern Alaska across the Rocky Mountains, along Koyukuk, John, Anaktuvuk, and Colville rivers and the Arctic coast to Cape Lisburne, in 1901, with notes by W.J. Peters: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 20, 139 p.

  • Deposit

    Nelson, S.W., and Grybeck, D.J., 1980, Geologic map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grybeck and Nelson, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Located within Gates of the Arctic National Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-SEP-1999 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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