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Wiehl Mountain

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001416
MRDS ID A012161
Record type Site
Current site name Wiehl Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.64334, 67.61971 (WGS84)
Relative position The Wiehl Mountain occurrence is low on the west flank of Wiehl Mountain approximately 3 1/4 miles southeast of the confluence of the Bettles and Middle Fork Koyukuk rivers (NE1/4 sec. 7, T. 32 N., R. 9 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian). The location was approximated from a 1:250,000-scale drawing in Dillon (1982) and is accurate within a 1-mile radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandalar C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Skajit Limestone;Skajit Limestone
    Rock description Skajit Limestone;Skajit Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.64334, 67.61971
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is described as a vein containing fine-grained pyrite, hematite, and possibly a little stibnite in a carbonate gangue (Dillon, 1982). No other descriptive information is available for this occurrence. The country rocks near the occurrence are Devonian to Silurian(?) marble overlying and in fault contact with Ordovician black phyllite and marble and Ordovician to Cambrian(?) marble (Dillon and Reifenstuhl, 1995). The host for the mineralization was not specified.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Dillon, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Possibly related to quartz-stibnite veins at Sukakpak Mountain (CH076).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1999 J.M. Britton U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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