Tupik Cr

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tin, 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. 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 10184934
MAS/MILS ID 0020290025
Record type Site
Current site name Tupik Cr
Alternate or previous names Glacier Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -154.97847, 67.51209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 024 N 017 E 01 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -154.97847, 67.51209

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BMOF103-78

  • Deposit

    ECON GEOL V.81 #7, 1728-1752

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 9037

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ALASKA KARDEX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUN-1991 Mjn/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.