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Boulder Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Tantalum, REE, Tin
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009505
MRDS ID D002546
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.98676, 65.61592 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Hematite Ore
Monazite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tourmaline Ore
Xenotime Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.98676, 65.61592
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BEDROCK GRANITE AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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