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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. 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 10003286
MRDS ID A106029
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.58331, 68.09979 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality 13 of Barker (1978, p. 14); west of Crow Nest Creek, tributary of Chandalar River; within one mile (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

Arctic A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Arctic SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arctic(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Calcite veins in Skajit limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chandalar

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sample of calcite vein contains 9.2% Cu

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C., 1978, Mineral Investigations of certain lands in the eastern Brooks Range: a summary report: US Bureau of Mines Open-File No. 63-78

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker (1978)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; Cu in carbonate

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-OCT-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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