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Wulik Knot

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 10003159
MRDS ID A015692
Record type Site
Current site name Wulik Knot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.01377, 68.35944 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of about 1,650 feet, approximately 4 miles northwest of Sheep Mountain. The map site is in section 11, T. 34 N., R. 19 W ., of the Kateel River Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Long Mountains B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

De Long Mountains SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

De Long Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wulik-Kivalina Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.01377, 68.35944
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Wulik Knot occurrence consists of malachite and azurite that coat fractures in a small outcrop of gray chert surrounded by maroon shale of Mesozoic age (C.F. Mayfield, written communication, 1979).
  • Age = Mesozoic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Lisburne

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ellersieck, I.F., Curtis, I.M., Gruzensky, A.L., Mayfield, C.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1980, Copper, lead and zinc in stream-sediment samples from the DeLong Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-795, 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • 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 = Cobb and others, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Secondary copper minerals on fractures in chert.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-DEC-99 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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

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