Peace River

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Bismuth, Chromium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Thorium, Uranium, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184714
MRDS ID A015720
MAS/MILS ID 0020450001
Record type Site
Current site name Peace River
Related records 10003183

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -161.08112, 65.4605 (WGS84)
Elevation 221
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 001 N 012 W 25 C SWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -161.08112, 65.4605

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB D002613

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 Dwb 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.