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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10001156
MRDS ID	A011853
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-158.79358, 67.60951 (WGS84)
Relative position	Located on ridge at the north end of the Akiak Mountains near the headwaters of the Hunt River in T. 26 N., R. 1 W., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 4 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and is accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).????
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Malachite	Ore

Alteration

(Local) Fe and Cu staining

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-158.79358, 67.60951	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = 90 ft (30 m) rusty zone containing quartz rubble stained by small amounts malachite.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Kiana

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A011853
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	AR050

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Mayfield and Grybeck, 1978

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Other Comments = Located within Kobuk Valley National Park.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	26-OCT-1992	K.R. Leonard	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	26-OCT-1992	R.L. Elliott	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	26-OCT-1992	J.M. Schmidt	U.S. Geological Survey