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Unnamed (west of Walker Lake)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Iron
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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 10308342
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (west of Walker Lake)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.56341, 67.14959 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3200 feet on a ridge 2.5 miles west of Walker Lake. It is in the E1/2 of sec. 7, T. 20 N., R. 20 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 2000 ft. The site corresponds to locality 70 of Grybeck and Nelson (1981).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass C(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)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.56341, 67.14959
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of rubble in an area at least 600 square feet in diameter. About 25-50% of the rubble consists of large, irregular masses of botryoidal goethite that replaces or fills open spaces in marble (Grybeck and Nelson, 1981).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = This area briefly examined during regional geologic mapping by the USGS in the late 1970s.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grybeck and Nelson, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Goethite in marble.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-OCT-99 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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