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Rapid River tributary

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086655
MRDS ID A015244
Record type Site
Current site name Rapid River tributary
Related records 10160358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.20304, 67.54987 (WGS84)
Relative position Located about 2 mi (3.2 km) SW of VABM Orphan near fork in unnamed NW flowing tributary of Rapid River; located to within 1500 ft (457 m)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coleen C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Coleen NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Unspecified Uranium mineral
  • Ore Material = Unspecified Uranium mineral

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.20304, 67.54987
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Uranium-bearing mineral in heavy-mineral concentrate of stream gravel tentatively identified as altered rutile based on incomplete spectrographic analysis; optical properties resembled those of eschynite (White, 1952, p. 8).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = .052% eU in heavy mineral fraction at a concentration ratio of 2700:1 (White, 1952, p. 8, field no. 48Awe117)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = White (1952)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer; stream
Deposit Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence # 0020330003 (USBM, 1995)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 M.T. Powers U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

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