Ivotuk Hills

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003388
MRDS ID	A106144
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ivotuk Hills

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-155.70358, 68.0896 (WGS84)
Relative position	Located on southwest side of the Ivotuk Hills in Otuk Creek. 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

Killik River A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Killik River S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Killik River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Zinc Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Pyrite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-155.70358, 68.0896	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Pyrite nodules up to 10 cm in diameter with cores of sphalerite occur as float in stream. Outcrops south of the Ivotuk Hills near this site consist of shale and chert of Permian to Jurassic age.

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 = Sphalerite-bearing concretions contain up to 200 ppm As, more than 20 % Fe, and 500 ppm Zn.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A106144
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	KL010

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Kelley, K.D., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Maps showing areas of potential for mineral resources in the Killik River quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2225-A, scale 1:250,000.
Deposit

Kelley, K.D., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Maps showing the distribution of selected elements in minus-100-mesh and minus-80-mesh sediment samples from the Killik River quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies MF-2225-B, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Kelley and Mull, 1995, MF-2225-A;

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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