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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10001179
MRDS ID	A011882
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-157.1935, 67.30954 (WGS84)
Relative position	Location is on ridge north of VABM Sleet in T. 22 N., R. 8 W., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 35 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and 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

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-157.1935, 67.30954	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Malachite staining on discontinuous lens of marble.

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	A011882
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	AR034

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 = Minor Cu showing in area of known Ambler sequence volcanogenic Cu-Zn deposits.

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