Deposit ID | 10308756 |
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MRDS ID | A015694 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (headwaters of the Kukpowruk River) |
Geographic coordinates: | -162.76378, 68.42945 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This occurrence is at an elevation of about 1,650 feet on the east bank of the upper Kukpowruk River. The map site is in section 6, T. 12 S., R. 46 W., of the Umiat Meridian. Location is accurate to within 1 mile. |
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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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Malachite | Ore |
(1) | -162.76378, 68.42945 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Wainwright |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | DL008 |
Ellersieck, I.F., Curtis, I.M., Gruzensky, A.L., Mayfield, C.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1980, Copper, lead and zinc in stream-sediment samples from the DeLong Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-795, 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Secondary copper mineral coating a fracture. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 21-DEC-99 | Williams, Anita | U.S. Geological Survey |