Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - SP023; headwaters of Kobuk River), Shungnak Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - SP023; headwaters of Kobuk River) | - not defined - |
| Shungnak Mining District | Mining District |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
67° 18' 36'' North , 154° 23' 23'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Located within Gates of the Arctic National Park.
Location: This site represents two occurrences in an east-trending mile-long area near the headwaters of the Kobuk River. The map site is at the center of the area, sec. 15, T. 22 N., R. 20 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 2000 ft. The site corresponds to localities 47 and 48 of Grybeck and Nelson (1981).
Geology: The occurrences consist of sparse float of vein or segregation quartz in foliated porphyritic granite of Devonian age (Nelson and Grybeck, 1980) and of abundant skarn near the contact of the granite with Paleozoic carbonates (Nelson and Grybeck, 1981). Selected samples of float contain 5000 ppm As, 200 ppm Be, 30 to 100 Bi ppm, 200 ppm Sb, and 500 to 1000 ppm Sn. These occurrences are similar to other contact-metamorphic deposits elsewhere in the Brooks Range (Newberry and others, 1986).
Age: Devonian; related to the intrusion of the Devonian pluton.
Alteration: Skarn.
Commodities (Major) - Sn; (Minor) - As, Be, Bi, Sb
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 14b)
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Brooks RangeMountain Range
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Brooks Range DomainVolcanic Arc
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