Deposit ID | 10003126 |
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MRDS ID | A015658 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Moghoweyik R. |
Alternate or previous names | Upper |
Related records | 10160215 |
Geographic coordinates: | -171.6132, 63.44912 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This site is in the headwaters of the Moghoeyik River on western St. Lawrence Island. The mineralized area is a 1/2 mile wide zone in the eastern part fo the Sevuokuk pluton near its contact with volcanic rocks. The site is located within 1/2 mile and is locality 5 of Cobb (1972). Cobb (1980) summarized relevant references under the name 'Moghoeyik R., upper'. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Molybdenum | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Molybdenite | Ore |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 80 |
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USGS model code | 21b |
Deposit model name | Porphyry Mo, low-F |
Host or associated | Host | ||||||
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(1) | -171.6132, 63.44912 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Bering Sea |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015658 | |
Unknown | MF | MF | 465-8 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SL009 |
Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1971, Preliminary geologic investigations of western St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 684-C, p. C1-C15.
Csejtey, Bela, Jr., Patton, W.W., Jr., and Miller, T.P., 1971, Cretaceous plutonic rocks of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, a preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-D, p. D68-D76.
Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1972, Analyses of stream sediment and rock samples from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1966-1971: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-293, 78 p.
Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Fracture fillings, veins, and disseminations of molybdenite in granitic rock. Deposit model 21b (?); porphyry Mo, low-F |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-SEP-1998 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |