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Tin Cr., Trib. Shishmaref Inlet Placer Tin Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002557
MRDS ID A013500
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Cr., Trib. Shishmaref Inlet Placer Tin Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.19874, 65.96958 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 3.0 MILES NORTH OF EAST PEAK OF EAR MOUNTAIN, AT HEAD OF TIN CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM USBM RI 5493, P. 20, FIG. 10, NO. 27; ALSO FROM USGS MF-426, LOC. 53. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHURN-DRILL SAMPLE BM 27 SHOWS 0.01 - 0.1% SN (SUBM RI 5493, TABLE 6, P. 31)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.19874, 65.96958
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK CONSISTS OF PRECAMBRIAN LIMESTONE CUT BY RHYOLITE OR GRANITE DIKE AT HEAD OF TIN CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Usbm

Mining district

District name Serpentine

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • 13 FT DEEP CHURN-DRILL HOLE MADE.

Comments on development

  • CHURN-DRILL SAMPLE BY USBM IN 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHURN-DRILL HOLE ON TIN CREEK SHOWED 3 FT OF OVERBURDEN, 3 FT OF GRAVEL, PAY HORIZON OF 4 FT, AND TOTAL DEPTH OF 13 FT. TRACES OF CASSITERITE IDENTIFIED.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FT./MI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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-SEP-1987 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.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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