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SK

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 10003302
MRDS ID A106045
Record type Site
Current site name SK

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.51347, 67.23955 (WGS84)
Relative position On ridge west of Peak 4140 and east of Ambler River in T. 21 N., R. 10 E., Kateel River Meridian. Location accurate to within 1000 ft. (300 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 A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Ambler River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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) -156.51347, 67.23955
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Prospect hosted in Ambler sequence of metamorphosed Devonian and Mississippian volcanic, volcaniclastic, and sedimentary rocks.
  • 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 = Initially drilled by Noranda in 1978 with two holes totaling 400 ft. (130 m). Drilling in 1982 and 1983 by Anaconda extended early drill holes to a total of 1100 ft. (360 m). Property currently (1997) held by Kennecott Exploration Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, STEVE, 1997, KENNECOTT EXPLORATION CO., PERSONNAL COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    Steve Jones, Kennecott Exploration Co., personnal commun., 1997

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Steve Jones, Kennecott Exploration Co., personnal commun., 1997

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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