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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003156
MRDS ID A015689
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.85369, 68.62959 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is from p. 16A of Cobb and others (1981), in T9S,R21W; west of Hardway Creek and about 2.5 mi (4 km) due south of hill 1840, near Battery Lake; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Pass C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska(National Petroleum Reserve)

National Petroleum Reserve BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.85369, 68.62959
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Chalcopyrite blebs in Triassic limestone and chert adjacent to a small mafic sill or dike. (I.L. Tailleur, written communication, 1968).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 OF NORTHERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-767A, 24 P.

  • 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 = Cobb and others (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; disseminated

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1992 M.T. Powers U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-NOV-1992 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-NOV-1992 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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