Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - ID059; head of North Fork Otter Creek), Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 35' 3'' North , 157° 42' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
200845
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200845:8
GUID (UUID V4):
52bdbe6e-05eb-4683-a0a1-acc88311c8fe
Locality equivalent to #73 of Miller, Bundtzen, and Gray (2005), Table 1.
Location: This occurrence is on a steep, northeast-trending ridge that separates the headwaters of Otter Creek from the South Fork of Moose Creek. The occurrence is at an elevation of about 1,500 feet, about 1.1 mile northeast of hill 1853, and about 1.6 miles south-southwest of 1976, in the southwest part of section 22, T. 29 N., R. 45 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate.
Geology: A composite sample of apparently unmineralized sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous, Kuskokwim Group contained 92 parts per million (ppm) antimony and 20 ppm arsenic (McGimsey and others, 1988; Miller and Bundtzen, 1994; Miller, Bundtzen, and Gray, 2005).
Workings: Samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1986 (McGimsey and others, 1988).
Commodities (Major) - Sb; (Minor) - As
Development Status: None
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