Scientific data near [69.58316,-145.60351]

Search area extends approximately 4.5 km east-west and 12.8 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
North Slope	Borough
Alaska	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Mt Michelson C-3	1:63,360 Alaska quadrangle
Mt Michelson	1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
Camden Bay	hydrologic unit
190605	hydrologic accounting unit
Southeast Alaska	hydrologic subregion
Alaska	hydrologic region
Areas administered by US Federal agencies

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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Map symbol	Lithology	Unit name
DZnl	Sedimentary	Mount Copleston Limestone and Nanook Limestone
IPlgw	Sedimentary	Wahoo Limestone
KJks	Sedimentary	Kingak Shale and similar units
Kke	Sedimentary	Kemik Sandstone
Ksbf	Sedimentary	Seabee Formation and Hue Shale
Mlga	Sedimentary	Alapah Limestone
Pxkd	Sedimentary	Katakturuk Dolomite
Qs	Unconsolidated	Unconsolidated surficial deposits, undivided
Qs	Unconsolidated	Unconsolidated surficial deposits, undivided
Trgs	Sedimentary	Shublik Formation
TrPsg	Sedimentary	Sadlerochit Group, undivided

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
Alaska Regional	M-Dz	Alaska Regional 14484 line km with spacing 16.10 km over parts of AK

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
AK-BR21	Sediment-hosted Cu
AK-BR05	Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn
AK-BR08	Mississippi Valley Type
AK-BR22	Sedex Zn-Pb

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Brooks-Northslope1	Passive margin	Alaska

Alaska Geochemical Database, Version 2.0 (AGDB2)--including "best value" data compilations for rock, sediment, soil, mineral, and concentrate sample media

Geochemical analyses of rocks, mineral separates, bulk samples from lake and stream sediments, heavy mineral concentrates, and soils collected by USGS from 1962 to 2009.

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Lab ID	Sample medium	Description
C129421	sediment

National geochemical survey database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km.

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Sample ID	Material	Source
C-129421	Sediment	Stream, Wet

Geochemistry of stream sediments in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
7047936	1979-07-13	Wet stream sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.

Geochemistry of water samples in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of water samples in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
3047861	1979-07-13	Stream water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Katakturuk River	Occurrence	P U REE
Katakturuk River	Occurrence	P REE

Alaska Resource Data File

A comprehensive database of Alaskan mineral deposits compiled from the published literature and from unpublished reports and data from industry, the US Bureau of Land Management, and USGS.

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Site	Status	Commodities
Katakturuk River	Inactive	P;U

National Geochemical Database: Sediment

Geochemical analysis of sediment samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are of stream sediment in the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
C129421	lake	POND; NURE sample;; silt; stream deposit;; pond

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Chukotka	porphyry copper	Early to Late Cretaceous volcanic and intrusive rocks composing island-arc, continental-arc, and collisional magmatic belts associated with the Chukotka microcontinent.