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Slate Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities REE, Rhenium
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002700
MRDS ID A015142
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.71807, 64.92809 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon-Charley Rivers 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

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 40. ON SLATE CREEK NEAR CONFLUENCE WITH BEN CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Rhenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Monazite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.71807, 64.92809
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS PRE-MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN CLASTIC ROCKS INTRUDED BY GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF ANY MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (C-4), LOC. 40

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 335, P. 20

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MONAZITE AND ALLANITE IN SAMPLES OF CONCENTRATES.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. ; 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-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (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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