Wood

The Wood is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wood

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Noatak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Work apparently restricted to limited surface sampling of outcrops.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The deposit consists of a quartz vein that cuts massive gray limestone and black phyllite, of the Devonian-Silurian Skagit Limstone (Grybeck and Nelson, 1981). Assays of the vein show copper values. Prospect located in 1970's by private industry; probably more an occurrence than a prospect and apparently very limited in extent.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Located within Gates of the Arctic National Park.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Quartz vein containing copper values.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Grybeck and Nelson, 1981

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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