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Unnamed (tributary to Duck Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003172
MRDS ID A015707
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (tributary to Duck Creek)
Related records 10282019

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.43339, 65.92941 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is along a small, westward-flowing tributary to Duck Creek about 1.5 mile from its junction with that creek. The map site is in section 16, T. 6 N., R. 13 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 20.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buckland River(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Uranothorianite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.43339, 65.92941
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the area is undifferentiated Cretaceous granite that may contain uranium-bearing minerals. No outcrops are present at the occurrence. Uranothorianite was identified in a pan concentrate sample of stream gravels (Gault and others, 1953).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Pan concentrate samples collected and analyzed for uranium content by the U.S. Geological Survey (Gault and others, 1953).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Radioactive minerals in stream gravels.
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient approximately 200 feet per mile in lower mile of creek.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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