Latitude: 67°0'36"N
Longitude: 157°0'36"W
Location: Located on hill near Cosmos Mountain and west of Wesley Creek in T. 19 N., R. 8 W., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 26 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).
Geology: Small amounts of galena in quartz vein and brecciated dolomite (Mayfield and Grybeck, 1978).
Workings: Shallow prospect hole (Cobb, 1972).
Commodities (Major) - Pb
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Kipushi ?
References
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Ambler River quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-454, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. 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. Smith. P.S., 1913, The Noatak-Kobuk region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 536, 60 p. Smith, P.S., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1930, Geology and mineral resources of northwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 815, 315 p.
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