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Siniktanneyak--Northwest

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials 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 10003364
MRDS ID A106117
Record type Site
Current site name Siniktanneyak--Northwest

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.61369, 68.37954 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is 'NW' locality of Jansons and Baggs (1980, p. 26), in T12S, R29W; along main tributary valley near northwest margin of Siniktanneyak Mountain about 1 mi (1.6 km) upstream from its confluence with Uivaksak Creek; located to within 1 mi (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

Howard Pass B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Noatak National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.61369, 68.37954
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = the occurrence is in a N60W-trending, 200 ft (61 m) wide zone of red-weathering pyritiferous felsic plutonic rock associated with a Jurassic? mafic/ultramafic complex (Jansons and Baggs, 1980, p. 66).
  • Age = Jurassic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Samples contain up to 160 ppm Cu and 225 ppm Zn (Jansons and Baggs, 1980, p. 67)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jansons and Baggs (1980)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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