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Temby

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10308532
Record type Site
Current site name Temby
Alternate or previous names Salmon River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.54359, 67.5795 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of 1,585 feet in a saddle on a ridge about 1.5 miles northeast of VABM Temby. It is in section 10, T. 25 N., R. 4 W., Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF 386), location 3, and Schmidt and Allegro (1988), location 122.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baird Mountains C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Baird Mountains(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)

Federal lands

Kobuk Valley 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
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.54359, 67.5795
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in this area consist of Paleozoic clastic strata that are bounded to the north and east by mid-Paleozoic carbonates and to the south and west by metamorphic and calcareous clastic rocks (Schmidt and Allegro, 1988). The northeast trending Paleozoic clastic belt assumes a northerly trend in this area. At the Temby occurrence, gray, graphite-chlorite-quartz phyllite hosts quartz veins. The attitudes of the phyllite are quite variable, probably due to small-scale folding. The deposit consists of pyrite, chalcopyrite and malachite associated with quartz veins. The sulfides occur as discontinuous stringers and small blebs. Distribution of quartz rubble indicates that three mineralized quartz veins are present within a zone 200 feet wide. The veins vary from 6 inches up to 3 feet in thickness and can be traced up to 250 feet along strike. Four rock samples were analyzed. The average values were 1.1% Cu, 0.07 ounce Ag per ton, and trace amount of Au (Degenhart and others, 1978).
  • Age = Mid-Paleozoic.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kiana

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer gold claims have been reported in the Temby area, but Degenhart and others (1978) observed no placer activity. A mineralized sample was collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (Brosge and others, 1967). Four rock samples were collected and analyzed and a geologic sketch map was made by Degenhart and others (1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brosge, W.P., Reiser, H.N., and Tailleur, I.L., 1967, Copper analyses of selected samples, southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 274, 1 sheet.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Baird Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-386, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-628, 106 p.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.

  • Deposit

    Schmidt, J.M., and Allegro, G.L., 1988, Map showing mineral occurrences and indicators in the Baird Mountains quadrangle, northwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1992, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Degenhart and others, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Sulfide-bearing quartz veins cutting phyllite.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-99 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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