Chevron Occurrence, Noatak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Chevron Occurrence	Occurrence
Noatak Mining District	Mining District
Northwest Arctic Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

The occurrence is located in the Noatak Wilderness of the Noatak National Preserve.
Location: The occurrence is at an elevation of about 2,100 feet on a divide halfway between Kanaktok Mountain and VABM Chevron (Grybeck, 1977). It is in section 34, T.29 N., R. 5 W., of the Kateel River Meridian.
Geology: This occurrence consists of sulfide-bearing quartz lenses in Upper Devonian phyllite (Schmidt and Allegro, 1988). The lenses contain pyrite, chalcopyrite, and a little malachite. The mineral-bearing zone occurs in an area of about 100 feet by 6 feet. Assays of grab samples indicate an average grade of 0.37% copper (Degenhart and others, 1978).
Workings: The site has been visited and sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey (Schmidt and Allegro, 1988) and U.S. Bureau of Mines (Degenhart and others, 1978).
Age: Devonian?
Reserves: The inferred tonnage and grade are very small. The potential for significant tonnage of material assaying more than 0.4% copper is considered remote (Degenhart and others, 1978).

Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 32c).

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	BM019

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