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Indian River Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003058
MRDS ID A015583
Record type Site
Current site name Indian River Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.81658, 66.07679 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hughes A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hughes(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

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-458, LOC. 5. DEPOSIT IN CREEK BEDROCK ADJACENT TO PLACER MINE MARKED ON HUGHES (A-2). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE OF HIGH GRADE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY SAMPLED.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.81658, 66.07679
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER AREA UNDERLAIN BY PLUTONIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-458 (A-2), LOC. 5

  • Deposit

    ALASKA TERR. DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET NO. 1, P. 29, 1942

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 75-267, P. 10

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 81-847 A, P. A5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLYBDENITE DEPOSIT UNCOVERED BY PLACER MINING.
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-JUL-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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