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Unnamed Occurrence

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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090187
MRDS ID A011988
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.90508, 67.60827 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ADGGS OFR 133 B, PLATE 1, SAMPLE NO. 348 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 20,000 PPM CU, CHIP SAMPLE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.90508, 67.60827
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.25M
    Length 300M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS NEAR MAJOR THRUST FAULT THAT SEPARATES DEVONIAN SKAJIT LIMESTONE AND UNDERLYING DEVONIAN PHYLLITE AND SLATE UNIT, USGS OFR 200

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 TO 250 CM THICK LAYER OF CHALCOPYRITE WITH SPARSE CUPRITE AND SPHALERITE; 300 M LONG
Deposit SEE ALSO: DEPOSIT NO. AOF-245 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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