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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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001517
MRDS ID A012264
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.94593, 65.00278 (WGS84)
Relative position The location is the site of sample no. 2897, plate 1 of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 84-4 (Albanese, 1984). It is approximately 2 miles east of VABM 4113 in the southern headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Chena River.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.94593, 65.00278
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A sulfide-bearing rock adjacent to a calc-silicate rock showed greater than 1,000 ppm W (Albanese, 1984).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface samples taken.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Albanese, 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-SEP-98 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 14-SEP-98 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 14-SEP-98 Clements, A.S. Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.