Cockedhat Mountain

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003325
MRDS ID A106069
Record type Site
Current site name Cockedhat Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.71345, 68.1297 (WGS84)
Relative position Located 2.1 km southwest of Cockedhat Mountain. Known to within one mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Chandler Lake SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandler Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.71345, 68.1297

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Outcrop of Kayak shale contains sulfide-bearing concretions.
  • Age = Lower Mississippian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Concretion-bearing zones contained up to 0.84% Zn and 27 ppm Pb.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Meyer, M.P., 1994, Analytical results from U.S. Bureau of Mines investigations in the Colville Mining District, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-94, 137 p.

  • Deposit

    Kurtak, J.M., Hicks, R.W., Werdon, M.B., Meyer, M.P., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Colville mining district and southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 8-95, 217 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Meyer, 1994, USBM OFR 34-94

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 K.D. Kelley U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.