Rye Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Lead, REE
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009500
MRDS ID D002541
Record type Site
Current site name Rye Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.25336, 67.41634 (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

Wiseman B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.25336, 67.41634

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Elliott, James E. 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.