Rex Point Occurrence, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Rex Point Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Fairhaven Mining District | Mining District |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
66° 4' 40'' North , 163° 19' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
199671
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199671:8
GUID (UUID V4):
f0d09131-7b6a-4b1a-a552-e0d4d9b886e9
Location: This beach placer is at the mouth of Rex Canyon on Kotzebue Sound about a mile southeast of Rex Point. This site is in section 21, T. 8 N., R. 22 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 1,000 feet.
Geology: Beach sand at the mouth of Rex Creek contains a trace of scheelite, and minor to trace amounts of iron oxide minerals and zircon (Berryhill, 1962).
Workings: The U.S. Bureau of Mines collected 15 pan concentrate samples from the beach at the mouth of Rex Point (Berryhill, 1962).
Age: Quaternary
Commodities (Major) - W
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Placer tungsten?
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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
1 valid mineral.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | KZ002 |
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