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Luk-Imp

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003299
MRDS ID A106042
Record type Site
Current site name Luk-Imp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.20347, 67.27956 (WGS84)
Relative position Location is to the east of the Kogoluktuk River in T. 22 N., R. 12 E., Kateel River Meridian. Location accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambler River B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ambler River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.20347, 67.27956
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = There are five main rock types underlying the Kuk-Imp prospect: coarse grained graphitic quartz-muscovite-chlorite schist; coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist; porphyroblastic quartz-muscovite-feldspar achist; quartz-carbonate-muscovite schist; and actinolitic marble. All units are complexly folded and some faults are mapped in the area. The porphyroblastic unit is thought to be a metamorphosed volcanic flow or sub-volcanic plug (unpublished Noranda report, 1975)
  • Age = Devonian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Geochemical sampling.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED NORANDA REPORT, 1975

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Noranda report, 1975

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Unpublished Noranda report, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Kuroko

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1997 S.W. Nelson 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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