Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - ID095; north bank of Beaver Creek), Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - ID095; north bank of Beaver Creek) | - not defined - |
| Innoko Mining District | Mining District |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 40' 24'' North , 156° 7' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Location: This occurrence is near hill 740 on a bluff about 0.5 mile north of Beaver Creek. It is about 0.2 mile southeast of the center of section 24, T. 30 N., R. 37 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate.
Geology: This occurrence is a prominent iron-stained zone of unknown extent in a quartz porphyry dike that intrudes shale and sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous, Kuskokwim Group (Miller and Bundtzen, 1994; Miller, Bundtzen, and Gray, 2005). No size or structural information is available. One grab sample contained 2,200 parts per billion (ppb) mercury (McGimsey and others, 1988).
Workings: The site was sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1984 (McGimsey and others, 1988).
Age: Unknown; the dike is undated.
Alteration: Prominent iron-oxide staining.
Commodities (Major) - Hg
Development Status: None
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