Lois Dome

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184615
MAS/MILS ID 0020330011
Record type Site
Current site name Lois Dome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -142.80592, 67.71375 (WGS84)
Elevation 790
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Coleen NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen C(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 033 N 022 E 05 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -142.80592, 67.71375

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 27-81

  • Deposit

    USGS OF (FOLEY, 1991)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 68-24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE-INCH WIDE PSILOMELANE VEIN IN RED FERRUGINOUS ARGILLITE. LOCATED IN ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-1991 Djb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.