Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - AR064), Noatak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - AR064) | - not defined - |
Noatak Mining District | Mining District |
Northwest Arctic Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
67° 50' 23'' North , 156° 48' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
202578
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:202578:3
GUID (UUID V4):
f835b32b-d003-4924-9562-a76e7ae20aed
Occurrence is within Noatak National Preserve.
Location: Located near the mouth of Kavachurak Creek at 600 m elevation in T 28 N., R 9 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 70 in Mayfield and Grybeck and accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).
Geology: Sphalerite, galena and malachite in small quartzite outcrop. Nearby black pyritiferous phyllite contains 1000 ppm V and 70 ppm Mo.
Commodities (Major) - Cu, Pb, Zn; (Minor) - Mo, V
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein? (see Schmidt and Werdon, 1993, p. 143)
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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:
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | AR064 |
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