| Deposit ID | 10003110 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015642 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arey Creek Tributary |
| Geographic coordinates: | -143.9234, 69.29988 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Accurate to within 1,525 meters (5,000 ft). Grybeck, 1977, p. 42, Locality 2. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
North Slope(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Demarcation Point B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Demarcation Point SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Demarcation Point(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -143.9234, 69.29988 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Canning |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015642 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | DP006 |
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.
Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Lode; Felsic-plutonic related veins |
| Deposit | Other Comments = 'USGS OF 257, p. 207-208' was listed as a reference for this mineral occurrence. Kelley was unable to verify this reference (September, 1996). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-SEP-1996 | Powers, M.T. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 13-SEP-1996 | Huber, D.F. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 13-SEP-1996 | Kelley, J.S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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