Deposit ID | 10003127 |
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MRDS ID | A015659 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Poovookpuk Mountain |
Related records | 10185333 |
Geographic coordinates: | -171.5332, 63.44912 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This site is on the east side of Poovookpuk Mountain in the headwaters of the Kookooliktook River, western St. Lawrence Island. It is centered on a small ridge between headwater tributaries at an elevation of about 600 feet. It is located within 1/2 mile and is locality 9 of Cobb (1972). Cobb (1980) summarized relevant references under the name 'Poovookpuk Mtn.'. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Molybdenum | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Molybdenite | Ore |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Model code | 79 |
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USGS model code | 21a |
Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
Mark3 model number | 2 |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
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(1) | -171.5332, 63.44912 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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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 | A015659 | |
Unknown | MF | MF | 465-9 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SL008 |
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.
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 chalcopyrite and molybdenite in granitic rock. Deposit model 21a (?); porphyry Cu-Mo |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-SEP-1998 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |