| Deposit ID | 10003116 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015648 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed |
| Geographic coordinates: | -146.22343, 68.96982 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Location plotted is locality 16 of Barker (1978, p. 14) and cited by Cobb and others (1981, p. A5); on Marsh Fork of Canning River; within one mile (1.6 km). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
North Slope(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Arctic D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Arctic NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Arctic(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Canning River(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 |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| (1) | -146.22343, 68.96982 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Canning |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015648 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | AC003 |
COBB, E.H., MAYFIELD, C.F., AND BROSGE', W.P., 1981, SUMMARIES OF DATA ON AND LISTS OF REFERENCES TO METALLIC AND SELECTED NON-METALIC MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN ELEVEN QUADRANGLES IN NORTHERN ALASKA; PART A, SUMMARIES OF DATA TO JANUARY 1, 1981: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-767A, 25 P.
BARKER, J.C., 1981, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN LANDS IN THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE, 1978: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 37-81, 288 P.
COBB, E.H., MAYFIELD, C.F., AND BROSGE', W.P., 1981, SUMMARIES OF DATA ON AND LISTS OF REFERENCES TO METALLIC AND SELECTED NON-METALLIC MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN ELEVEN QUADRANGLES IN NORTHERN ALASKA; PART B, LISTS OF REFERENCES TO JANUARY 1, 1981: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-767B, 15 P.
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.
Barker, J.C., 1981, Mineral investigations of certain lands in the eastern Brooks Range, 1978: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File 37-81, 288 p., 8 sheets.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Lode, disseminated Cu in sedimentary rocks. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-JUN-1992 | M.T. Powers | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 30-JUN-1992 | D.F. Huber | U.S. Geological Survey |
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