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Esetuk Glacier

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tin, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003103
MRDS ID A015635
Record type Site
Current site name Esetuk Glacier

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.37341, 69.29987 (WGS84)
Relative position Accurate to within 2,220 meters (4,000 ft). Brosge' and Reiser, 1976, Location 30; Grybeck, 1977, p. 39, Location 8.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Michelson B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Michelson SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Michelson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Camden Bay(hydrologic unit)

Eastern Arctic(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tin Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Axinite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.37341, 69.29987
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Galena, sphalerite, malachite, azurite, axinite and quartz-tourmaline-fluorite veins are present in skarn. Fluorite is present in schist in contact zone on west side of the Okpilak batholith.
  • Age = Probably Early Devonian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = As much as 300 PPM Sn and 1,500 ppm W was reported, but no tin or tungsten minerals were reported.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosg?, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.

  • Deposit

    Brosge', W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1976, Preliminary geologic and mineral resource maps (excluding petroleum), Arctic National Wildlife Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-539, 4 sheets, scale 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brosge' and Reiser, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; skarn

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-SEP-1996 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-SEP-1996 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-SEP-1996 Schmidt, J.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-SEP-1996 Kelley, J.S. U.S. Geological Survey

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