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Arey Creek Tributary Occurrence, Canning District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA

'USGS OF 257, p. 207-208' was listed as a reference for this mineral occurrence. Kelley was unable to verify this reference (September, 1996).
Location: Accurate to within 1,525 meters (5,000 ft). Grybeck, 1977, p. 42, Locality 2.
Geology: Galena, sphalerite(?), and chalcopyrite in highly deformed pods or stringers of vein quartz and schistose rock a few centimeters (inches) wide along sheared contacts between granite and quartz monzonite dikes at two localities.

Commodities (Major) - Pb; Cu; possibly Zn
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Lode; Felsic-plutonic related veins



References:
Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosg





Map Reference: 69°18'0"N , 143°55'12"W

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Mineral List:
Chalcopyrite
Galena
Quartz
Sphalerite


4 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.

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