California

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony, Gold, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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 10009527
MRDS ID D002568
Record type Site
Current site name California

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.4533, 64.76596 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) DOnx

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: CHLORITE AND SERICITE SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COBB, EDWARD H., 1975, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA, USGS MAP, MR-66.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J. B., JR., 1918, LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA: USGS BULL. 662, P. 425 - 449.

  • Deposit

    COBB, EDWARD H., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NOME QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-463.

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.