Nanook Creek Occurrence, Canning Mining District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Nanook Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
Canning Mining District | Mining District |
North Slope Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
69° 31' 47'' North , 146° 4' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
199064
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199064:8
GUID (UUID V4):
34628cf4-0968-4ed1-b7b8-432b47d969b9
Location: Accurate to within 2,220 meters (4,000 ft). Brosge' and Reiser, 1976, Localities 6 and 7; Grybeck, 1977, p. 39, Locality 1.
Geology: Native copper and malachite and azurite stains are present at two localities in basalt that is locally amygdalordal. Azurite and malachite is present in breccia zone in Devonian or older dolomite overlying the basalt. These dolomites are likely part of the Katakturuk Dolomite which depositionally overlies the basalt in which the copper is present. The Katakturuk Dolomite is considered Proterozic in age and hence the basalt also likely is Proterozoic in age.
Age: Probably Proterozoic
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Basalt-hosted Cu
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
ⓘ Copper Formula: Cu |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
Cu | ⓘ Copper | Cu |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | ML009 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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