Deposit ID | 10002539 |
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MRDS ID | A013482 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Kiwalik River Tungsten Occurrence |
Geographic coordinates: | -161.4825, 65.473 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 366 |
Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Relative position | 34 MI. SE OF CANDLE; 0.1 MI. SW OF PEAK 1380 ON WEATHER RIDGE. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Tungsten | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Scheelite | Ore |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Tourmaline | Gangue |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
Rock unit name | Quartz Creek Pluton;Quartz Creek Pluton |
Rock description | Quartz Creek Pluton;Quartz Creek Pluton |
(1) | -161.4825, 65.473 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
District name | Fairhaven |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013482 |
USGS MF-389, LOC. 8 (1972)
USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 4-6, 12, 16-18, FIG. 2, SAMPLE LOC. 36 (1969).
USGS OF 76-866, P. 36 (1976).
BAG-MF-389-8
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE FOUND IN PYRITE-TOURAMALINE-QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IN FROST-RIVEN RUBBLE (TALUS) NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN ANDESITE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE. |
Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-SEP-87 | Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 14-SEP-94 | Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |