Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (headwaters of the Kukpowruk River)

Alaska, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
Geology
AlterationOxidation of copper mineral.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10308756
MRDS IDA015694
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates68.42945, -162.76378
References
Ellersieck, I.F., Curtis, I.M., Gruzensky, A.L., Mayfield, C.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1980, Copper, lead and zinc in stream-sediment samples from the DeLong Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-795, 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.