Latitude: 67°35'23"N
Longitude: 156°31'11"W
Other occurrences nearby consist of malachite in quartz veins cutting marble at a thrust contact and of malachite in conglomerate.
Location: Location is near headwaters of the Ambler River and south of Nakmaktuak Pass in T. 25 N., R. 10 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 60 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).
Geology: Malachite, azurite and chalcopyrite in quartz veins cutting marble near contact with phyllite; traceable for at least 50 m.
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein?
References
Mayfield, C.F., and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler River quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120-I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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