Deposit ID | 10001881 |
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MRDS ID | A012705 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (Arctic Creek) |
Geographic coordinates: | -164.69146, 65.64544 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This occurrence is on the ridge crest at the head of Arctic Creek, 3.8 miles southeast of Taylor on the Nome-Taylor road. Sainsbury and others (1969) report mineralization in marble outcrops just to the east of the road here. This is locality 3 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429). |
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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 |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
(1) | -164.69146, 65.64544 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Kougarok |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012705 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BN029 |
Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuban, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., and Todd, W.E., 1969, Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, and D-6 quadrangles. Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 377, 49 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.
Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Siliceous zones in marble with pyrite and traces of chalcopyrite |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 15-MAR-1999 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |