Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | TE |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-5 |
Latitude | 65.45 |
Longitude | -167.224 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | Curve Creek is the second tributary entering Lost River from the west, 3 miles upstream from the mouth of Lost River on Bering Sea. It is a southeast-flowing stream draining Ordovician limestones of the York Mountains. The Curve Creek prospect is located on the south side of a small west tributary between elevations of 500 and 1,000 feet. This is locality 4 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Curve Cr.'. |
Geologic descriptionFluorite and some beryllium (up to 0.15% BeO) mineralization is localized along mafic dikes and fractured Lower Orodvician limestone in the footwall of the Rapid River fault. Sainsbury (1969; 1972) maps the Rapid River fault as a 12-mile long east-west trending thrust fault in the southern part of the York Mountains although stratigraphic relations across the fault suggest normal displacement. Mineralization here is apparently present over about 4,000 feet of east-west strike. | |
Geologic map unit | (-167.226710868913, 65.4492191587863) |
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Mineral deposit model | Fluorite- and beryllium-bearing veins and replacements in Ordovician limestone (Sainsbury, 1968) |
Age of mineralization | The age of the mineralization is assumed to be related to the development of tin systems in the Lost River area and therefore Late Cretaceous, the age of the tin-mineralizing granites there (Hudson and Arth, 1983). |
Alteration of deposit | Mass balance calculations show significant SiO2, Al2O3, alkali, and fluorine enrichment with mineralization (Sainsbury, 1968, p. 1567). |
Workings or exploration | Surface observations and sampling reported by Sainsbury (1969, p. 77-78). |
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Indication of production | None |
Reserve estimates | Not defined |
MRDS Number | 10308403 |
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ReferencesHudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.
Sainsbury, C.L., 1968, Tin and beryllium deposits of the central York Mountains, Alaska, in Ridge, J. D., ed., Ore deposits in the United States, 1933-67: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, v. 2, p. 1555-1572.
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Reporters | Travis L. Hudson (Applied Geology) |
Last report date | 5/10/1998 |