Deposit ID | 10001193 |
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MRDS ID | A011903 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Ningyoyak Creek, EXP Prospect |
Geographic coordinates: | -156.31356, 67.87958 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Located on ridge just north of Ningyoyak Creek in T. 29 N., R. 11 E., Kateel River Meridian. Location accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m). Shown as locality 64 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978).??? |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 72 |
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USGS model code | 19a |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
Mark3 model number | 47 |
Host or associated | Host | ||||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite | ||||
Rock unit name | Hunt Fork Shale; Black Shale, Slate And Phyllite Interbedded With Sandstone, Quartzite & Limestone | ||||
Rock description | Hunt Fork Shale; Black Shale, Slate And Phyllite Interbedded With Sandstone, Quartzite & Limestone | ||||
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(1) | -156.31356, 67.87958 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Noatak |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011903 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | AR062 |
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.
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.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Schmidt and Werdon, 1993) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 28-APR-1997 | K.R. Leonard | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 28-APR-1997 | R.L. Elliott | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 28-APR-1997 | J.M. Schmidt | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Reporter | 28-APR-1997 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |