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Clear Creek Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001807
MRDS ID A012616
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.25327, 64.88269 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SECOND WEST TRIB. OF CLEAR CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Elim Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS CIRCULAR 300, PLATE 1, NO. 2983 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -162.25327, 64.88269
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA UNDERLAIN BY GRANITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on development

  • FOUND DURING 1948 USGS RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN ALASKA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRCULAR 300, P. 6-7, SAMPLE NO. 2983.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 18, LOC. 211.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-445-132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALS IDENTIFIED IN HEAVY-MINERAL CONCENTRATES OF STREAM GRAVELS: HEMATITE, ILMENITE, GARNET, TOPAZ, ALLANITE, SPHENE, UNIDENTIFIED URANIFEROUS TITANIUM NIOBATE MINERAL, AND TRACE CASSITERITE AND SCHEELITE.
Deposit SEE ALSO: DEP NO. 127, 128, 129, 130. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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