Independence Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Tin, Rhenium, Lead, Gold, Uranium
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 10090714
MRDS ID D002680
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.25294, 65.49973 (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

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

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle 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
Tin Critical Primary
Rhenium Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Galena Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.25294, 65.49973

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BEDROCK IS MICA SCHIST

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.