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Unnamed Occurrences

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094094
MRDS ID A016021
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrences

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.15285, 65.51205 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Diomede Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USBM OFR 32-85, FIG. 3, LOC. 1-4, P. 7. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LEACHABILITY TESTS SHOWED 27.2-61.3% OF SN EXTRACTABLE USING 20% HCL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result SN CONTENT OF BULK ROCK SAMPLES: 3.0-8.9%, USBM OFR 32-85, P. 9.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.15285, 65.51205
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TACTITE ZONE ALONG SW FLANK OF BROOKS MT. CONTAINS: IDOCRASE, DIOPSIDE, GRASSULARITE, AUGITE, HEDENBERGITE, SCAPOLITE, CHONDRODITE, PHLOGOPITE, SIDEROPHYLLITE, TOURMALINE, FLUORITE, SCHEELITE, ARSENOPYRITE, LUDWIGITE, GALENA, CERUSSITE, SPHALERITE, CHACLOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, BORNITE, AZURITE, MALACHITE, HULSITE, AND PAIGEITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • SAMPLED AND ANALYZED BY USMB IN 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 32-85, P. 6-9, 11-12

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-426-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SN-BEARING SKARN-GREISEN ASSEMBLAGE; SN OCCURS IN BORATE MINERALS, TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HORDENSKIOLDINE, LUDWIGITE-VONSENITE, HULSITE-PAIGEITE; TRACE CASSITERITE PRESENT.
Deposit SEE ALSO: READ PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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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